Lockheed Martin Corp has won a $39.3 million Navy contract modification to update air system design and testing for fighter jets, the Defense Department announced Friday. The Bethesda, Md.-based contractor will continue developing the F-35′s partner version air system under a delta systems development and demonstration program. Funds under the cost-plus-fee contract will not expire [...]
Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics company won a $24,138,848 Navy contract modification to develop a data farm for an F-35 laboratory, the Defense Department announced Friday. The Bethesda, Md.-based contractor will develop the data farm for the Joint Strike Fighter U.S. Reprogramming Laboratory, which will be located at Eglin Air Force Base. The data farm will store [...]
The U.S. Navy has awarded CGI Federal a $28,206,792 contract to support information technology for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Work is expected to be completed in January 2013.
BAE Systems has been selected by Lockheed Martin to supply a Joint Strike Fighter Night Vision Goggle Helmet Mounted Display System. The HMD’s modular design will allow for a path to binocular visor-projected displays, alternate image sources and Night Vision cameras. “The NVG HMD will enable all aspects of flight operations and it allows us [...]
Defense Secretary Gates spoke today on the future direction of the Pentagon’s weapons programs and specifically how this change of direction will impact military personnel, existing weapons programs and long term planning. He touched on a large number of specific programs such as the Joint Strike Fighter. Large government contracting firms Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), SAIC [...]
