Martin Marietta Cleared to Buy Division; FTC Also Tells Company to Keep Rocket, Satellite Operations Separate From: The Washington Post | Date: March 26, 1994| Author: | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday offered a cure for Martin Marietta Corp.'s split-personality disorder.

The FTC gave Martin Marietta permission to buy General Dynamics Corp.'s rocket division for $208 million, but said it had to build a wall of secrecy between its operation that builds and launches rockets and its unit that makes satellites.

Martin Marietta has built Titan rockets for decades, and soon it is expected to take over the General Dynamics division that builds Atlas rockets and Centaur boosters. All these rockets loft satellites skyward for the U.S. government and ...

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