Lockheed Martin presented the mobile cockpit demonstrator for its F-35 fighter jet at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Redondo Beach, Calif. facility. The Bethesda, Md.-based firm said it demonstrated the system to Northrop employees, local and state officials and California-based suppliers on Wednesday. Danny Conroy, an F-35 program director for Lockheed’s Washington operations, said the program has generated over [...]
ITT Exelis, GeoEye and Lockheed Martin are collaborating to prepare the GeoEye-2 satellite for its launch and full operation by 2013. Exelis announced Tuesday it has delivered GeoEye’s imaging system for the satellite to Lockheed Martin’s space systems company in Sunnyvale, Calif. The McLean, Va.-based firm said the second-generation satellite will provide customers government, commercial and [...]
Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $9,951,586 Navy contract to provide the branch with staff for maintaining torpedoes, the Defense Department announced Friday. The Bethesda, Md.-based contractor will maintain nearly 300 MK48 MOD 6/7 ADCAP torpedoes and is required to work on 25 torpedoes per month. The company will provide the staff to the Naval [...]
Lockheed Martin rolled out the Netherlands’ first F-35 fighter jet April 1, the company announced Thursday. Dutch pilots and maintainers will use the plane for training and operational tests. The company built the jet at its Fort Worth, Texas production facility. The conventional takeoff and landing jet will undergo functional fuel system checks before the [...]
A Lockheed Martin-led team has submitted a new proposal for a joint light tactical vehicle to the Army and Marine Corps. The Bethesda, Md.-based contractor said the mine-resistant vehicle is a few hundred pounds less than previous models by omitting the use of exotic metals like titanium. Scott Greene, vice president of ground vehicles, said [...]
Lockheed Martin unveiled its newest $10 million cyber center in Canberra, Australia’s capital city, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The Bethesda, Md.-based company said the NextGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center duplicates computer networks through an offline cybernetic alternative reality. The center tests the systems against simulated cyber attacks and runs three private clouds and [...]
Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $13,124,804 U.S. Navy contract modification to provide four conformal arrays, the Defense Department said. The Bethesda, Md.-based contractor will also provide engineering and technical services. The passive planar array mounts on the aft submarine sail structure and integrates with the AN/BQQ-10 system. The company’s maritime systems and sensors unit [...]
