A team at Lockheed Martin plans to build an application-specific integrated circuit with security capabilities using an approach developed through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to protect electronic systems from vulnerabilities that are being exploited through software. DARPA’s System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware program intends to develop hardware security […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s precision-strike surface-to-surface missile for the U.S. Army has logged its longest-ever flight that exceeded maximum system thresholds during a test at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Precision Strike Missile fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launcher and flew over the Pacific Ocean for an extended range, Lockheed said Thursday. […] More

Deon Viergutz, vice president of spectrum convergence at Lockheed Martin, said the business continues to secure awards and execute deliveries in support of the Department of Defense’s electronic warfare projects, Defense News reported Thursday. In an interview, he shared that the demand for Lockheed’s cyber electronic warfare products has grown considering the requirements of electromagnetic […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered to the U.S. Army a ground equipment for a Long Range Hypersonic Weapon system, which is part of a multiyear development effort for long-range precision strike missiles. The Army and industry team held a ceremony at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord for the receipt of the ground equipment, including transporter erector launchers and […] More

Lockheed Martin has passed the systems requirement review for a part of a new layered missile defense architecture the company is working on with the Missile Defense Agency to detect, contain and destroy ballistic missile threats. The company said Tuesday its industry team used advanced digital engineering, model-based engineering tools and interconnectivity for a modernized […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business has secured a $79.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide design, integrated data and product model environment support for littoral combat ships. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price and cost-only modification will run through October 2022, the Department of Defense said Monday. The award modifies an […] More

Lockheed Martin has opened a new facility in Courtland, Alabama, for the production and development of advanced hypersonic strike systems intended to mitigate near-peer threats and support U.S. military branches. The Hypersonic Missile Assembly Building 4 covers a 65,000-square-foot area and will serve as Lockheed’s base for hypersonic strike programs, the company said Monday. Sarah Hiza, […] More

The venture capital arms of Lockheed Martin and NTT Docomo have invested in TileDB, a company that developed a system for storing, analyzing and sharing large datasets on-premise or in a cloud environment. TIleDB said Wednesday it will use the funds to further develop its database platform that processes information using multidimensional arrays can work […] More

The U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin completed the production of the sixth and final Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite in early September at the company’s manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California. SBIRS GEO-6 is based on Lockheed’s updated LM 2100 spacecraft and is now set to undergo final preparations for its planned […] More

Lockheed Martin has received an other transaction authority agreement from the U.S. Army to provide prototypes of the service’s next-generation tactical vehicle for manufacturing proof of concept. Ken Strayer, the service’s project manager for electronic warfare and cyber, said the Terrestrial Layer System will deliver electronic warfare, signals intelligence and cyber capabilities in support of […] More

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office of the Department of Defense have agreed to an F-35 production rebaseline to address the aircraft shortfall caused by COVID-19 and ensure continued manufacturing stability. Under the agreement, Lockheed is anticipating the delivery of up to 139 aircraft this year, 153 aircraft in 2022 and 156 aircraft […] More

Lockheed Martin deployed Rapid Dragon munition pallets from two aircraft and released surrogate cruise missiles over the New Mexico desert, completing an end-to-end demonstration of a palletized strike mission. In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, the Rapid Dragon team airdropped the pallets from C17 and EC-130 aircraft positioned high above White Sands Missile Range […] More