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Alaska Aerospace to Provide Responsive Operations and Sustainment Support at Key GMD Sites  ANCHORAGE, AK—Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Alaska Aerospace Corporation announced today that they are partnering to pursue the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract.   Together, the corporations will apply their proven experience to ensure the reliability and readiness of the GMD element […]

Alaska Aerospace Appoints VP/GM Kodiak Launch Complex January 21, 2010  KODIAK, AK—Alaska Aerospace CEO Dale Nash announced the promotion of John Zbitnoff to the position of Vice President and General Manager Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC). Concurrent with this promotion Todd Leitheiser is named to the position of Deputy General Manager Kodiak Launch Complex. John has been involved with the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC)

On October 20, 2009, Alaska Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Senator Joe Paskvan and signed by the Governor into law, changed the corporation’s name to that of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation to recognize the corporation’s growth and successful operation. There are no changes to ownership or corporate governance. Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation (AADC) was established by the Alaska State Legislature in 1991

ANCHORAGE, AK—Governor Sean Parnell today announced the appointment of Dr. Ronald Sega to the Alaska Aerospace Corporation board of directors. This 11-member board manages the corporation, which owns and operates the Kodiak Launch Complex located on Kodiak Island. The corporation also provides support for new and continuing national launch priorities involving the complex, and works with private corporations, universities and government agencies

Fairbanks, AK—Alaska Aerospace Corporation would like to Congratulate Matthew Van Atta, an Alaska Aerospace Corporation Scholarship Recipient who graduated in May 2009 from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with Honors as a Mechanical Engineering.

Juneau, AK—The Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation contributed about $28.7 million to the state last year, according to an independent organization that calculated the corporation’s economic impact. The corporation maintains and operates the Kodiak Launch Complex, which is designed to augment the nation’s ability to place satellites into orbit and support missile defense testing. So it is not surprising that the corporation’s greatest

KODIAK, AK—Plans to expand the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) by adding an additional launch pad and rocket motor storage facility will augment the nation’s ability to place satellites into orbit quickly, while at the same time generating hundreds of jobs and pumping millions of dollars into Alaskan communities. Designs for the new $42 million facilities are being finalized. They can be completed

Anchorage, AK—Local contractor, Brechan Enterprises Inc., has just been awarded a $3.5 million contract by Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation. This contract is Phase 1 of the Rocket Motor Storage Facility (RMSF) construction and includes all excavation, backfill and grading of the access road from Pasagshak Road to the RMSF area. The work also includes installation of the water utilities, power, communication lines

Juneau, AK—Governor Sarah Palin has appointed Dr. David (Dave) Weldon, Jr., former United States Representative from Florida’s 15th District, to the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation Board of Directors. The eleven-member board is charged with developing aerospace-related economic and technical opportunities in the state of Alaska. The board works with private corporations, government agencies, and universities to: » Develop and sustain a comprehensive