UPDATE 2-Boeing, Lockheed interested in launching rockets from Brazil, minister says
February 22, 2018 at 22:51 PM EST
BRASILIA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's defense minister said on Thursday that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and other U.S. aerospace companies have expressed interest in launching rockets from its Alcantara military base near the equator and visited the site in December.