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  • Lockheed Gets $61M Contract Modification for Navy Aegis Facility O&M Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $61M Contract Modification for Navy Aegis Facility O&M Support

    Lockheed Martin has received a one-year, $61.3 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain development and test facilities for the Aegis combat system. The Defense Department said Monday the modification covers technical engineering, configuration management, associated equipment, quality assurance and information assurance services for the Combat Systems Engineering Development Site, SPY-1A Test Facility and the […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Taps Harris to Update F-35 Mission System Avionics; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Taps Harris to Update F-35 Mission System Avionics; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Lockheed Martin has chosen Harris to update mission system avionics systems used on the F-35 Lightning II aircraft in support of a program that aims to boost the platform’s data storage, display processing and throughput capacity. Harris said Monday that it will offer Aircraft Memory System and Panoramic Cockpit Display Electronic Units based on open […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed, Orbital ATK Test Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort Motor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed, Orbital ATK Test Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort Motor

    Orbital ATK has worked with NASA and Lockheed Martin to test-fire a motor technology for the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system. The Qualification Motor-1 test was conducted at Orbital ATK’s facility in Promontory, Utah, and evaluated if the motor could activate within milliseconds and operate as designed under high temperatures, Orbital ATK said Thursday. Lockheed awarded Orbital ATK a $98 million subcontract […] More

  • Varley Group to Help Build Portable Ground Facilities for Deployed Air Force F-35 Support Crews - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Varley Group to Help Build Portable Ground Facilities for Deployed Air Force F-35 Support Crews

    Varley Group has received a $37.5 million contract to collaborate with Lockheed Martin on the design and development of portable ground facilities for U.S. Air Force  personnel deployed overseas to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Varley Group said Thursday it will build ground facilities that can expand thrice the size of a shipping container as well as house the F-35 aircraft’s Autonomic […] More

  • Lockheed Taps ViaSat to Provide Navy LRASM Weapon Data Links - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps ViaSat to Provide Navy LRASM Weapon Data Links

    Lockheed Martin has awarded ViaSat a contract of an undisclosed value to provide L-band data link communications technology for the integration and testing phase of the U.S. Navy‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program. ViaSat said Wednesday it will deliver Weapon Data Link L-Band units and provide software enhancement and flight test support services under the follow-on contract. LRASM is a key element of the […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin has received a $59 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of four customized KC-130J fuselage trainers. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit will modify C-130 airframe trainer systems to replicate the appearance, functions and performance of the KC-130J aircraft. DoD noted that modified trainers will support load […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems' US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems’ US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement

    Elbit Systems‘ U.S. arm has received a contract to build a cockpit display replacement unit for Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. Elbit Systems of America will develop a panoramic cockpit display as part of the fighter program’s Technology Refresh 3, the company said Tuesday. Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, said the company is  committed to supporting customers […] More

  • Lockheed Names Student Winners of Mars Spacecraft Design Challenge; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Names Student Winners of Mars Spacecraft Design Challenge; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has announced the winners of a video challenge that aimed to encourage students to design a spacecraft that could help transport astronauts to Mars. The company said Tuesday the challenge winners include an individual participant from D. Russell Parks Jr. High School in California as well as student teams from the John Adams and Woodrow Wilson middle […] More

  • Lockheed: Japan Rolls Out 1st Locally Assembled F-35A Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed: Japan Rolls Out 1st Locally Assembled F-35A Aircraft

    Japan has unveiled its first locally-assembled, Lockheed Martin-made F-35A fighter aircraft at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries‘ F-35 final assembly and check out facility in Nagoya. Lockheed said Monday MHI operates the F-35 FACO in Japan with technical support from Lockheed personnel and oversight from U.S. government officials. The launch ceremony was attended by Japanese and U.S. government and defense industry […] More

  • Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin‘s mission systems and training unit has received a nearly $42 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver TB-37 Multi-Function Towed Array production units, accessories, shipping products and engineering services. The Defense Department said Friday the modification exercises options in a previously awarded contract and includes purchases for the Navy and a foreign military sales […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Delivers HC-130J Personnel Recovery Aircraft to National Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Delivers HC-130J Personnel Recovery Aircraft to National Guard

    The U.S. National Guard has received the first of four Lockheed Martin-developed fixed-wing personnel recovery aircraft that will support operations in Alaska and the Pacific Theater. Lockheed said Thursday that the HC-130J aircraft will help users respond to disaster scenarios, evacuate aeromedical personnel, support humanitarian outreach programs, disseminate aviation advisories and perform security cooperation missions. HC-130J, which will succeed […] More

  • BAE's US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has selected CH2M to support the installation of airfield and shore-based landing systems at more than 35 U.S. Marine Corps and Navy facilities globally. The two companies will collaborate to help the Navy’s air traffic control systems division implement the Instrument Landing System and Instrument Carrier Landing System as part of the service branch’s Air Traffic Control […] More