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Marietta December 24, 2024

Marietta’s Bell Bomber plant: 1942-1945

Photo above: a B29 in flight, Public Domain, retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg [We expand and republish this evergreen article periodically] In 1942 a small ad appeared in newpapers across Georgia, including…

Road sign at South Cobb Drive near Cooper Lake Road in article about South Cobb Drive overnight lane closures (photo by Larry Johnson, Cobb County Courier, CC 4.0)

History December 22, 2024

How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,…

Kroger at the intersection of South Cobb Drive and Concord Road

Atlanta History, Cobb County, South Cobb Drive December 23, 2016

Roads and Bombers: the creation of South Cobb Drive

A corridor study is underway to plan improvements for the section of South Cobb Drive between Concord and Windy Hill roads. But have you ever wondered how South Cobb Drive…

Defense industry January 3, 2025

Lockheed Martin schedules Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings call

Lockheed Martin announced in a press release that it will webcast live its fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings results conference call (listen-only mode) on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025…

Defense industry December 27, 2024

Lockheed Martin awarded additional $3.367 billion on existing F-35 contract

The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin was awarded a $3,367,476,836 modification to a previously awarded F-35 Lightning II contract. Most of the additional funds (57 percent) will…

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightening II fighter jet in flight

Defense industry December 22, 2024

Lockheed Martin gets up to an additional $11.8 billion on existing F-35 contract

Photo of F-35 in flight courtesy of Lockheed Martin According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin will be awarded a “not-to-exceed $11,762,911,991” modification to…

A Lockheed Martin C-130J turboprop airlifter in flight

Business December 20, 2024

Second of eight C-130Js delivered to air reserve base in Ohio

This image of the C-130J in flight was provided courtesy of Lockheed Martin, from the press galleries on their website The second of eight Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft,…

An F-35 fighter jet on display, bathed in red light

Defense industry December 9, 2024

Lockheed successfully tests F-35 data-sharing with UK Royal Air Force system

F-35 image courtesy of Lockheed Martin According to a press release from Lockheed Martin, the company and the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) successfully completed an F-35 classified data share….

Half of a globe with a truck, an airplane and a ship representing global freight shipping

Business December 1, 2024

Lockheed Martin CFO Jay Malave to speak at UBS Global Industrials & Transportation Conference

According to a press release from Lockheed Martin, company CFO Jay Malave will speak at the UBS Global Industrials & Transportation Conference on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 8:00 a.m. to…

Business November 21, 2024

Romania plans to purchase 32 Lockheed Martin F-35s

Photo of F-35 in flight courtesy of Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin announced in a press release that Romania plans to purchase 32 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft…

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Uncategorized January 15, 2025

Cobb County announces intent to opt out of HB 581 homestead exemption

Cobb County announced in a news release (reprinted below) that it intends to opt out of the homestead exemption created by Georgia’s new law created with the passage and signing…

Education January 15, 2025

Kennesaw State, Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement partnership will expedite career advancement for educators

[This article by Travis Highfield first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] A new partnership between the Bagwell College of Education and the Georgia Leadership Institute…

Marietta January 15, 2025

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