US defence and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin tipped more than $300 million into its bid for Defence’s military-grade satellite communications system before it was jettisoned, new documents show. Defence abandoned Phase One of the project known as JP9102 in November last year, replacing plans for a geo-stationary satellite with an alternative approach that relies on…

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