Jim Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, has received the first Wash100 Award of his long federal career for sustaining company growth through acquisition deals and contract wins, promoting support to supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and advancing military technology and 5G. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Jim Taiclet as the most significant executive of consequence to the GovCon sector. 

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new line of tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites that could help warfighters pursue mobile targets at long ranges while operating in denied environments. The tactical ISR satellites are based on the company’s LM 400 satellite bus, can connect with other battle management and warfighting platforms and can help field new capabilities on orbit in response to changing threats.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2021 — Lockheed Martin has tapped El Segundo, California-based launch vehicle developer ABL Space Systems for rockets and launch services in support of the aerospace company's efforts to send payload technologies into orbit, ExecutiveGov reported April 5.

Lockheed Martin has received a follow-on contract to develop a data transmission interface as part of the U.S. Air Force's rapid prototyping competition to modernize the legacy TPS-75 military radar system. The integration contract under the Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar development program has options for the company to manufacture up to 35 systems, the military service said Wednesday.

Germany's space agency will use a Lockheed Martin-made command and control system to track over 300,000 objects in Earth's orbit to provide situational awareness. The company said Tuesday its iSpace system gathers data from surveillance sensors of multiple, global sources, including government, commercial and scientific community, to monitor orbiting objects.

Walt Lindsley, director of modifications, upgrades and overhaul for sustainment operations at Lockheed Martin, has been appointed to lead the company's Greenville, South Carolina site as director and general manager. The 36-year U.S. Air Force veteran will succeed Mike Fox and oversee the site's operations, including nose-to-tail aircraft sustainment, update and modification activities, the company said Wednesday.

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin's space business segment, has been named to the list of recipients of the 2021 Wash100 Award. He's received the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon) for his significant contributions to the federal sector and space domain and his drive to advance spacecraft development and other space tech capabilities. 

Lockheed Martin has awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract for developing an advanced electronic warfare system (EWS) meant to protect the internationally used F-16 Viper multirole fighter aircraft against emerging radar and electronic threats. L3Harris announced the contract award on Monday.

Brian Dunn, director of strategy and business development for integrated air and missile defense at Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control unit, said he believes that high-power microwave technology has the potential to defend against threats from a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Friday.

Lockheed Martin's Greenville-based facility, on March 9, accepted delivery of the first F-16 aircraft that will undergo sustainment as part of a $900 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. The company said Monday it will sustain and perform depot-overflow services for the aircraft at the country's first government-dedicated F-16 industry depot.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 16, 2021 “” Rick Ambrose, exeuctive vice president of Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) space business, said his team secured a contract to manufacture its first commercial “space domain awareness“ payload for a host spacecraft intended for geosynchronous Earth orbit, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.

Lockheed Martin has commenced preparations to launch a midsize demonstration satellite platform designed for communications, weather research and Earth observation missions, Via Satellite reported Friday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed's space business and a 2021 Wash100 awardee, said the company developed its LM 400 satellite bus hybrid in a push to help customers address evolving mission environments.

Lockheed Martin has demonstrated 49.7 miles of flight with its new multiple launch rocket system, exhibiting the munition's extended range and achieving test objectives. The company said Thursday the test verified the Extended-Range Guided MLRS's range, flight trajectory and interoperability with the Lockheed-made HIMARS launcher.

Lockheed Martin and NEC have agreed to expand their partnership to further advance the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in spacecraft development programs, including NASA's Orion vehicle for the Artemis mission. "The power of AI is leveraged across our entire enterprise, and with a trusted partner like NEC, we gain the resources to expand its abilities at scale across our internal operations," said Rick Ambrose, executive vice president at Lockheed's space business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner.

Eric Brown, senior director of military space mission strategy at Lockheed Martin, said the company is updating its satellite bus for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III follow-on satellite platform to facilitate hardware updates in orbit, SpaceNews reported Friday.