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  • Lockheed's Marillyn Hewson, Rick Ambrose Host VP Mike Pence at Colorado Space Systems Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson, Rick Ambrose Host VP Mike Pence at Colorado Space Systems Facility

    Vice President Mike Pence toured the Colorado campus of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business to visit NASA‘s future Mars probe and the U.S. Air Force‘s latest global positioning system satellites, the Denver Business Journal reported Thursday. Company CEO Marillyn Hewson and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Executive Vice President Rick Ambrose joined Pence and Air Force Secretary Heather […] More

  • Lockheed Renews Partnership With Spain-Based Shipbuilder Navantia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Renews Partnership With Spain-Based Shipbuilder Navantia

    Lockheed Martin and Spain-based shipbuilding company Navantia have agreed to extend their partnership and jointly explore potential business opportunities in the surface ship and naval combat technology markets. The alliance commemorates the 20th anniversary of a collaborative effort to integrate the Aegis Combat System onto the Spanish navy’s F-100 frigates, Lockheed said Thursday. F-100 is the first frigate to […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils C-130 Aeronautics Product, Service Enhancements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils C-130 Aeronautics Product, Service Enhancements

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a suite of post-production upgrades to equipment and support services for the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. Aeronautics Capabilities Solutions are designed to increase the operational capacity and availability of C-130s, Lockheed said Wednesday. C-130 operators and Lockheed team members can install the updated products via authorized Hercules Service Centers. George Shultz, vice […] More

  • Sikorsky Concludes Critical Design Review of Combat Rescue Chopper Training Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Concludes Critical Design Review of Combat Rescue Chopper Training Devices

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has wrapped up a critical design review of the training systems for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program designed to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR’s completion will pave the way for the HH-60W helicopter’s training systems to enter the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Wednesday. HH-60W […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Extended Continuing Resolution Would Affect 2018 Lockheed Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Extended Continuing Resolution Would Affect 2018 Lockheed Orders

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company’s 2018 orders and backlog levels could take a hit if Congress passes another stopgap measure to fund U.S. government operations, CNBC reported Tuesday. Hewson, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, stated at Lockheed’s third-quarter earnings conference call that the company expects its 2017 financials to remain unaffected by the […] More

  • Lockheed Vet Angel Hunt Joins ACT I as Senior Contracts Manager; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Vet Angel Hunt Joins ACT I as Senior Contracts Manager; Michael Niggel Comments

    Angel Hunt, a veteran of Lockheed Martin and Hewlett-Packard, has been named  senior manager for contracts at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International. “Ms. Hunt’s background in the areas of contract negotiation, contract management and administration, cost control, and regulatory compliance will enhance our contracting capabilities and support ACT I’s continued growth.” ACT I CEO Michael Niggel said […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Orbital ATK to Produce F-35 Composite Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Orbital ATK to Produce F-35 Composite Parts

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Orbital ATK a three-year, $24 million initial contract to manufacture composite components for the F-35 aircraft. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce bullnose and blade seals in addition to upper and lower wing skins, engine nacelles and access covers the company is manufacturing under the Joint Strike Fighter program. Production of the composite […] More

  • Lockheed Selects Rockwell Collins' Avionics Tech for Greek P-3 Flight Deck Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects Rockwell Collins’ Avionics Tech for Greek P-3 Flight Deck Modernization

    Lockheed Martin has chosen Rockwell Collins to supply avionics technology for integration into the Greek navy’s P-3 maritime patrol aircraft in an effort to help the service branch comply with global airspace operation requirements. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide the company-made Flight2 integrated avionics system to transform the flight deck of Greek P-3s into a glass cockpit […] More

  • Report: Lockheed, Spike Aerospace Bid on NASA Supersonic X-Plane Demonstrator Devt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed, Spike Aerospace Bid on NASA Supersonic X-Plane Demonstrator Devt Contract

    Lockheed Martin and Spike Aerospace are among the companies that submitted proposals to NASA in September to build a full-scale demonstrator of a supersonic passenger jet, Popular Mechanics reported Monday. The bids come as NASA works to complete wind-tunnel tests on a 15-percent-scale model of the Quiet Supersonic Technology X-plane at Langley Research Center in Virginia. […] More

  • Report: Boeing, Lockheed, Sierra Nevada Compete for USAF Huey Helicopter Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing, Lockheed, Sierra Nevada Compete for USAF Huey Helicopter Replacement Program

    Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Nevada Corp. have submitted proposals to the U.S. Air Force to compete for a program to replace the service’s UH-1N Huey helicopters that work to secure intercontinental ballistic missile sites, National Defense reported Monday. The Boeing-Leonardo team and Lockheed’s Sikorsky subsidiary submitted their bids in September for the Huey replacement program […] More

  • Lockheed Flies 2nd LM-100J Commercial Freighter Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Flies 2nd LM-100J Commercial Freighter Unit

    Lockheed Martin has completed a maiden flight of the second production LM-100J aircraft, a commercial freighter variant of the company’s C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft platform. LM-100J is designed to support civil missions such as firefighting, medical evacuation and transport of very important persons, Lockheed said Thursday. Wayne Roberts, LM-100J chief test pilot at Lockheed, said the the first two LM-100J units will […] More

  • Lockheed to Engineer Air Force C-5 Surveillance Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Engineer Air Force C-5 Surveillance Tech

    Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business unit has secured a $14.7 million contract modification to support engineering and manufacturing development work on communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 transport aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also help the military service incorporate an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out technology into […] More