Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri have performed the keel-laying for the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul littoral combat ship at latter company’s Marinette Marine site in Wisconsin. The companies are currently conducting the Freedom-class LCS’ full-rate production, having delivered five of them to the U.S. Navy, Lockheed said Thursday. During the keel-laying ceremony, Jodi Greene, the ship’s sponsor, had her initials welded […] More

Bahrain has inked agreement to acquire Lockheed Martin-built F-16 units which will continue the fighter aircraft’s production line, Defense News reported Saturday. The report noted the agreement will maintain the production line of the Falcon aircraft and make Bahrain the first nation in the Gulf region to operate the F-16 Block 70 aircraft. F-16 Block 70 […] More

The S-92 helicopter of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has been announced to be featured on a new television series on the Science Channel. Mega Machines is a new engineering-centered show that will exhibit the performance of the S-92 on a debut episode which will air 10 PM eastern standard time, Thursday, Lockheed said Tuesday. Cougar Helicopters will operate […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works broke its silence on plans to build the SR-72, a hypersonic spy plane successor of the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. The SR-72 will have a combined cycle propulsion system that combines a supersonic jet engine with a rocket engine, Lockheed Martin’s advanced aircraft division told Aviation Week. According to specifications, the SR-72 will […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed the delivery of two S-70i Black Hawk helicopters that will be modified into a specialized configuration for the use of the Los Angeles county’s fire department. The turnover ceremony for the future Firehawk-configuration aircraft occurred in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Lockheed said Wednesday. Thomas Ewald, deputy fire chief of the L.A. County Fire Department’s air […] More

Lockheed Martin has secured a $22.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture laser-guided bomb kits and associated components for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday it will produce Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb kits, including guidance kits and air foil groups or tail kits, for the 500-pound GBU-12 configuration for delivery to the Navy by late […] More

A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has received a potential $49 million contract modification to supply weapon systems parts to the Defense Logistics Agency. Sikorsky Aircraft will provide consumable spare parts for various weapon systems under the modification to a five-year base contract, which can extend another five years to cover the option period, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

Marillyn Hewson, president, CEO and chairperson of Lockheed Martin, has convened the student finalists of an unmanned aerial system payload design challenge held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The company said Friday the year-long program conducted in partnership with Mubadala Investment seeks to engage UAE-based university students to generate ideas in science, technology, engineering and mathematics […] More

A Lockheed Martin-built infrared search and track system has been selected to support the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of F-15C aircraft. The company said Tuesday that it will produce more than 130 Legion Pod systems which will be integrated on the service branch’s aircraft fleet. Legion Pod is equipped with Lockheed’s IRST21 infrared sensor and […] More

“Space is longer a sanctuary. It is now congested, contested and competitive…That is the biggest challenge in security space.” EM: Let’s start with your background and experiences and how did that get you to where you are today. Vinny Sica: I grew up on the operations environment seeing how systems come together and deliver capabilities […] More

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

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