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  • Lockheed Hosts South Carolina Legislators at Facility for T-50A, F-16 Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hosts South Carolina Legislators at Facility for T-50A, F-16 Programs

    Lockheed Martin offered some South Carolina legislators a tour of the company’s facility in Greenville and provided them an update on two aircraft programs during their visit Monday. The company said Wednesday state officials and congressional staff toured the T-50A Final Assembly and Checkout facility and Ground Based Training Systems center. T-50A is Lockheed and Korea Aerospace Industries‘ joint […] More

  • Lockheed Test Pilot Mark Ward Reaches 100 Flight Hours Aboard T-50A - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Test Pilot Mark Ward Reaches 100 Flight Hours Aboard T-50A

    Lockheed Martin test pilot Mark Ward has become the first to fly the T-50A for 100 hours. The company said Wednesday Mark Ward’s T-50A flight was part of the company’s contribution to the U.S. Air Force‘s Advanced Pilot Training competition. Lockheed announced the T-50A’s APT participation in February 2016. The test-flying began November 2016 at the Greenville site. The aircraft was built […] More

  • Lockheed Performs First Initial T-50A Trainer Aircraft Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Performs First Initial T-50A Trainer Aircraft Flight Test

    Lockheed Martin has completed an initial flight test on the joint offering between the company and Korea Aerospace Industries for the U.S. Air Force‘s advanced pilot training competition. Lockheed said Thursday the company’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina will serve as the final assembly and checkout facility for the T-50A aircraft that will train F-22 […] More

  • Lockheed-KAI Team Test Flies Second T-50A Trainer Aircraft; Doug Batista Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-KAI Team Test Flies Second T-50A Trainer Aircraft; Doug Batista Comments

    A team comprised of Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries has tested a second T-50A aircraft in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer replacement contract. “We now have two aircraft in flight test proving our upgrade and we’re nearing completion of our assembly and training operations center in Greenville, South Carolina,” Doug Batista, Lockheed’s T-50A program manager, […] More

  • Lockheed Conducts Initial Test Flight of T-50A Trainer Aircraft for USAF Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Conducts Initial Test Flight of T-50A Trainer Aircraft for USAF Competition

    Lockheed Martin has completed the first test flight of the T-50A configured aircraft which the company built in collaboration with Korea Aerospace Industries to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer jet program. Lockheed said Thursday T-50A is designed to meet the Advanced Pilot Training competition requirements to help pilots navigate fifth generation fighter aircraft. KAI and Lockheed built T-50A as a […] More