Lockheed Martin transported the U.S. Air Force's second GPS III space vehicle from a processing facility in Colorado to Cape Canaveral AF Base in Florida.

Boeing, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin have received contract modifications to perform beam control critical design review in support of a Missile Defense Agency program to develop a laser system onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Lockheed Martin has completed the initial delivery of a new search-and-rescue aircraft to the U.S. National Guard. The HC-130J Combat King II aircraft is the first of four to be delivered. The National Guard's 102nd Rescue Squadron will operate the aircraft from Francis S. Grabreski Air National Guard Base in New York, the company said Thursday.

Lockheed Martin has introduced a software-defined space technology designed to allow small satellites to alter their missions in orbit. The company said Wednesday it will integrate the SmartSat satellite architecture into its Pony Express and Linus nanosats, which are scheduled to launch in 2019 on the first LM 50 nanosatellite bus.

Lockheed Martin has developed an LTE-over-satellite system to support connectivity in remote areas and in the event of natural disasters by connecting 4G devices directly to satellites in orbit.

Lockheed Martin and French 4G technology provider Sequans Communications are working together to develop an LTE-to-satellite communications solution. The goal of the partnership is to make it possible for LTE devices to network directly with satellites in geostationary orbit, Sequans said Tuesday.

Lockheed Martin has received a potenrtial five-year, $84.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to develop, engineer and demonstrate technology for four missile baseline weapon systems.

Lockheed Martin has teamed up with NASA to begin construction work on the components of an Orion spacecraft that is expected to take off by 2022 to perform the crewed Exploration Mission-2, NASASpaceFlight reported Monday. Four astronauts aboard the Lockheed-built Orion will perform a lunar flyby as part of the EM-2 test flight.
 

Lockheed Martin has completed the final version of a 13-foot-wide habitat prototype designed to support NASA's deep space missions, Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. The company developed the habitat at Kennedy Space Center in Florida based on the refurbished Donatello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and as part of NASA's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships contract.
 

Executive Mosaic is honored to name Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 “” Executive Mosaic's annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena “” for her efforts advancing U.S. technological superiority as well as diversity and education in the technology sector.

Lockheed Martin has celebrated the opening of its cyber facility at Port San Antonio's Project Tech complex with ribbon-cutting and open house events.

Lockheed Martin has received a $32.7M delivery order modification under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to provide alteration kits and special tools for the F-35 aircraft.

A team of Lockheed Martin engineers helped integrate an Ariel Photonics-built countermeasure technology into the Modular Active Protection Systems framework for a live-fire test series that took place at the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal base in Alabama.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 1, 2019 “” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will work on the design, development and integration of technologies for the U.S. Navy’s Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike Weapon System flight demonstration program as part of an $846M contract modification, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The Department of Defense …

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has partnered with Lockheed Martin to explore how microorganisms could help improve military technologies.