The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on May 16 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that aims to develop mobile technology to assess warfighters’ health condition and combat readiness. DARPA said May 2 the Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health program seeks to use data from cellphone sensors …
Read More »Lockheed’s Speedline Facility Completes Inlet Coatings Work on 1st F-22 for Air Force
Lockheed Martin has completed sustainment work on the first F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft at the company’s Marietta, Georgia-based Inlet Coating Repair Speedline facility for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed said Wednesday the company received the first two F-22s for inlet coating maintenance at the Speedline facility in November and …
Read More »Lockheed ‘Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round’ Delivery Reaches 150,000 Mark
Lockheed Martin has sent out its 150,000th delivery of its live-fire laser-guided bomb training units for U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and other international military customers. The Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round works to replicate the Paveway II laser-guided weapon systems and aid users to operate LGB capabilities while the tactical weapons inventory stays …
Read More »Ray Mabus, Mark Welsh: Lockheed’s F-35 to Meet Initial Combat Readiness Schedule
Military officials say the Lockheed Martin F-35 program is on schedule to meet U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force targets for initial combat readiness, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes that U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh have both said that they are confident the fighter jets will …
Read More »CAE to Help Train Air Force Pilots on Flying UAVs; Ray Duquette Comments
CAE USA will work to help the U.S. Air Force implement unmanned aerial vehicle pilot qualification courses under a potential $20 million contract with one base year and four option years. The company won the contract during the second quarter of its 2014 fiscal year and will also help develop …
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