Rob Weiss, a Lockheed Martin executive, has said the company could deliver training aircraft three years earlier than 2024 that would help the U.S. Air Force save $1 billion in training and maintenance costs over a six-year period, Defense One reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber writes Weiss, executive vice president and general manager of advanced development programs […] More

Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, said the company has invested a “significant” amount of money to further develop a nuclear fusion-based power generation system, Defense News reported Tuesday. Aaron Mehta writes Skunk Works officials first disclosed the project in 2014 and they said at the time the organization was working […] More

Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, believes that the Defense Department should explore strategies to accelerate the pace of upgrades to the U.S. military’s F-22 and F-35 fleets, Flightglobal reported Friday. James Drew writes Weiss made the remarks as the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy eye a next-generation air dominance program. “As we look at F-22s and […] More

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Raytheon and Bombardier to develop a version of the latter company’s Global business jet in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s JSTARS Recapitalization program U.S. Air Force. Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager at Lockheed’s Skunk Works business, said Tuesday the companies will seek to combine their experience and technologies for their version […] More

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have formed a team to bid for a contract to build the U.S. Air Force‘s future joint surveillance target attack radar system aircraft, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. Stephen Trimble writes the companies could integrate a battle management command and control technology derived from Lockheed’s Project Missouri and a Raytheon-designed active array sensor […] More

Lockheed Martin has deployed its Skunk Works Enterprise Open Systems Architecture to integrate multiple sensors that are compliant with the U.S. Air Force‘s Open Mission Systems standard into the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. The company said Dec. 10 that the three-week flight test series utilized Lockheed’s mission management software, an IP-based data link and four OMS-compliant sensor payloads to perform mission operations. Rob Weiss, […] More

Joseph Weiss, president and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries for nearly six years, has informed IAI’s board of directors that he intends to retire from his dual-role once the company finds a successor. IAI said Thursday it will form a committee to find the aerospace technology firm’s next CEO. Weiss joined the company in 1998 after he spent 27 […] More

Victor Leviste, vice president of Strategy and Business Development with CAES, recently took part in the latest Executive Spotlight interview discussing with ExecutiveBiz his growth strategy for the company, CAES’ push into new markets such as space technology and satellites constellations as well as 3D printing and the launch of its CAES Additive Manufacturing Lab in 2022. “We […] More

Jeff Babione, executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35  program, has been appointed to similar roles within the defense and aerospace contractor’s advanced development programs division known as Skunk Works. Lockheed said Thursday Babione will lead Skunk Works’ efforts to support warfighters and succeed Rob Weiss, who will retire in late 2018. In his current role, Babione oversees […] 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

Hybrid Enterprises has entered into a strategic partnership with PRL Logistics and Straightline Aviation to bring the Lockheed Martin-built LMH-1 heavy-lift hybrid airship to Alaska and northern Canada. LMH-1 works to transport up to 22 tons of freight and up to 18 passengers and combines “lighter than air” aircraft technology with traditional air platforms, Hybrid Enterprises said Tuesday. Rob Weiss, executive vice […] More

Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries  have introduced the T-50A training jet that they plan to offer to the U.S. Air Force as part of the upcoming competition for the T-X trainer aircraft program. Lockheed and KAI built the trainer aircraft in an effort to replace the service branch’s fleet of T-38 planes, Lockheed said Thursday. Rob Weiss, executive vice […] More