Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business has secured a five-year, $101M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of foreign military sales clients' integrated weapon system and Aegis Combat System training efforts.
Read More »Teledyne Unit to Repair Navy Aegis Combat System’s Microwave Tubes
Teledyne’s microwave solutions segment has secured a five-year, $34.9M contract to repair 10-kilowatt traveling wave tubes installed on the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Combat System.
Read More »Lockheed-Built Solid State Radar Receives New Gov’t Designation
The U.S. government has renamed Lockheed Martin’s solid state radar platform to reflect the features and maturity of the device.
Read More »Lockheed to Extend Aegis Test Facility Operations Support Under $77M Navy Contract Modification
Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems business received a $76.7M contract modification to continue maintaining U.S. Navy test sites to support the development and assessment of Aegis Combat System updates for domestic and international clients.
Read More »Lockheed Gets $85M Navy Contract Modification for Aegis Combat System Support
Lockheed Martin has received an $84.9M contract modification to architect, engineer, develop, integrate and test a maritime ballistic missile defense system for the U.S. Navy.
Read More »MDA, Navy Demo Lockheed’s Updated Aegis Combat System in On-Land Missile Defense Test
The Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy have conducted an on-land test to demonstrate the capability of Lockheed Martin’s latest Aegis Combat System to detect and counter an intermediate-range ballistic missile threat. Aegis Baseline 9.B2.0 or BMD 5.1 intercepted an IRBM target using ground-based remote sensor data derived from the Command and Control, Battle …
Read More »Lockheed Completes Assessment of new Aegis Combat System Functions for Missile Defense
Lockheed Martin’s latest Aegis Combat System has demonstrated in a Missile Defense Agency-led test its new capabilities to identify and launch a missile to deter a medium range ballistic missile threat. The Flight Test Standard Missile-45 program provided the company an opportunity to showcase the new functions of Aegis Baseline …
Read More »Huntington Ingalls to Hold Christening of Navy’s Future USS Frank Petersen Destroyer
The future USS Frank E. Petersen, slated to become the U.S. Navy’s 71st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will be christened on Saturday at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The nearly 9.5K-ton guided-missile destroyer will receive a Flight IIA configuration designed for power projection, forward presence and escort operations for …
Read More »Lockheed Awarded MDA Contract for Aegis Combat System Support Services
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin an $11.6M contract to operate and support the Aegis Combat System that the military uses to detect and counter enemy missiles. The company will also provide these services for the Aegis’ multi-mission signal processor, vertical launch system, command and decision system, weapon …
Read More »Engineering Services Network Gets $70M Navy Weapon Systems Support Contract
Engineering Services Network has received a potential five-year, $69.6 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide technical, engineering and logistics support for weapon systems programs of the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The company said Monday it will help test, engineer and conduct post-event analysis of the Aegis Combat …
Read More »Lockheed, Indra Extend Radar Devt Collaboration for Spanish Navy’s F-110 Frigate Program
Lockheed Martin signed a heads of agreement with Indra to extend a collaborative effort to develop S-band active electronically scanned array radar systems for the Spanish navy’s F-110 shipbuilding program. Lockheed said Tuesday the F-110 multimission surface vessel is designed to feature the Aegis Combat System configured to detect asymmetric and conventional threats that …
Read More »Navy to Hold USS Delbert D. Black Destroyer Christening at HII Shipyard
The U.S. Navy will conduct a christening ceremony for the future USS Delbert D. Black guided-missile destroyer at a Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ceremony to be held Nov. 4 at the Ingalls Shipbuilding facility will feature World War II Navy veteran and ship namesake MCPON Delbert Black’s widow …
Read More »Lockheed Renews Partnership With Spain-Based Shipbuilder Navantia
Lockheed Martin and Spain-based shipbuilding company Navantia have agreed to extend their partnership and jointly explore potential business opportunities in the surface ship and naval combat technology markets. The alliance commemorates the 20th anniversary of a collaborative effort to integrate the Aegis Combat System onto the Spanish navy’s F-100 frigates, Lockheed said Thursday. F-100 …
Read More »Lockheed Supports NATO Ballistic Missile Defense Tests in Atlantic Ocean
Lockheed Martin has assisted the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in a series of ballistic missile defense tests in the Atlantic Ocean during the Formidable Shield 2017 naval exercise that involved eight NATO member nations. Formidable Shield aimed to showcase interoperability between NATO allies using the organization’s command-and-control reporting structures …
Read More »Australia to Equip Future Frigates with New Tech Under Potential Multi-Billion Dollar Investment
Malcolm Turnbull, prime minister of Australia, has said that the government will equip the country’s navy with the latest technology offerings from around the world as part of a potential multi-billion dollar investment. According to a report published Tuesday on Turnbull’s website, the future investment will look to fit future …
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