Lockheed Martin has broadened its 25-year strategic partnership with SAP to add tools to support its business and digital transformation program. The expanded relationship centers on the use of the Rise with SAP software platform for the cloud-based transition of Lockheed’s OneLM Transformation Program, SAP said Wednesday. Under the new agreement, Lockheed will use Rise […] More

The first F-16 aircraft in the Block 70 configuration has carried out its inaugural flight at Lockheed Martin‘s production site in Greenville, South Carolina. Lockheed test pilots flew the fighter jet for about 50 minutes to check its engine, flight control and fuel system and perform basic aircraft handling, the company said Tuesday. “This milestone […] More

Lockheed Martin has achieved first light from a laser weapon technology designed for integration onto the U.S. Army Stryker combat vehicle to deliver directed energy capability in support of maneuver-short range air defense missions.  The milestone verifies that the 50-kilowatt-class DEIMOS system’s optical performance parameters align with its design parameters, Lockheed said Monday. First light […] More

The sixth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite established communications with engineers at the company’s Denver Launch and Checkout Operations Center about 83 minutes after it launched Wednesday aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. GPS III Space Vehicle 06 comes with a modular design to facilitate the integration […] More

Terran Orbital completed a contract involving the use of its GEOStare SV2 spacecraft to capture satellite images for an independent research project owned by Lockheed Martin. As part of the commercial data services imagery contract, Terran Orbital said Monday it demonstrated a cost-effective method to re-task GEOStare to assemble the thousands of Lockheed-requested imagery. GEOStare […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low-rate initial production phase 2 contract to continue the supply of phased array antennas for the former’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. CAES said Wednesday its phased array antennas are designed to support the AOEW system’s ability to function autonomously or with a ship’s onboard electronic surveillance sensor. AOEW […] More

Terran Orbital has shipped the 10th hardware that Lockheed Martin will integrate into small satellites for an optical crosslink mesh network demonstration with the Space Development Agency. The satellite bus delivery marks the completion of an order for Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer constellation, Terran Orbital said Thursday. SDA awarded Lockheed […] More

CAES will deliver antenna components and spares to Lockheed Martin to support its work on the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 2. Under an approximately $24.6 million contract from Lockheed, CAES is tasked to supply additional antenna array panel assemblies and spares for SEWIP Block 2 to help with the enhancement of […] More

As vice president of 5G.MIL® Programs at Lockheed Martin, Dan Rice oversees the strategy and performance of 5G and advanced communication technology solutions programs at the defense, aerospace and information security organization. Rice additionally handles the development and facilitation of strategic relationships as well as leads corporate independent research and development efforts. Rice is a […] More

Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Fortify to enable the Boston-based digital manufacturing company to advance additive manufacturing of radio frequency components. Fortify said Tuesday its Digital Composite Manufacturing platform is designed to enable users to produce complex structures using electrical, mechanical, electromagnetic and thermal properties. Fortify CEO Lawrence Ganti […] More

The U.S. Air Force performed the first test flight of an operational prototype of its air-launched hypersonic missile. The 412th test wing at Edwards Air Force Base in California conducted the test of the Lockheed Martin-built AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon on Friday, Dec. 9, off the coast of Southern California and initial results show […] More

Erik Daehler, former senior director at Lockheed Martin, has joined Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s space-focused business arm as vice president of orbital systems and services, according to his LinkedIn post. The executive has over two decades of aerospace and defense experience and is now responsible for the development of satellite products and services at Sierra Space. […] More