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Department of Defense data shows the estimated cost to build and acquire Lockheed Martin-built F-35s has increased by 3.5 percent to $412 billion, up $14 billion from the previous estimate of $398 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. According to the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Report, the latest cost estimate includes 2,470 planned fighter aircraft for the U.S. […] More
The U.S. Navy and Raytheon Technologies’ missiles and defense business deployed two StormBreaker guided test vehicles from an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft and found that the weapon system carried out the required flight behaviors during the test. The deployed weapon systems reached a speed of .9 Mach and completed a seven-shot rate capture series […] More
Lockheed Martin is investing $100 million in a new project aimed at developing and demonstrating human-machine teaming technologies to enable uncrewed aerial platforms to operate autonomously alongside crewed systems. The company said Project Carrera will pair survivable F-35 fighter jets with modular unmanned aerial systems including Skunk Works’ Speed Racer drone to demonstrate distributed teaming […] More
Textron‘s Airborne Tactical Advantage Company subsidiary has secured a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide Mirage F1 aircraft to conduct chase flight services in support of the F-35 program. Three Mirage F1 planes will be used to support F-35 aircraft with flight operations set to begin late this year or early 2023 at the […] More
Frank Kendall, secretary of the U.S. Air Force, received an update on the maintenance and modernization of the Pratt & Whitney-made F135 engines at the Tinker Air Force Base’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. The Raytheon Technologies-owned engine manufacturer works with the OC-ALC leadership team to develop a framework for providing maintenance work on the […] More
Northrop Grumman will continue to evaluate its stand-in attack weapon missile offering using digital engineering capabilities under a three-month contract with the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday its missile design for the SiAW program comes with open architecture to facilitate future upgrades and is expected to launch later in 2022. Northrop, Lockheed Martin […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded three-month contracts to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Technologies to support the initial phase of a program meant to build a stand-in attack weapon that could be used by the F-35 fighter aircraft to counter hostile air defenses, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lena Lopez, a spokeswoman for the […] More
General Electric recently started the second testing phase of a three-stream adaptive cycle engine for the F-35 aircraft at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee. Phase 2 prepares for the maturation and full-scale development of the GE XA100 engine as part of the service branch’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program, the company […] More
Greg Ulmer, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business, said the company has more than 17 years of experience in manned-unmanned teaming experimentation and is in a good position to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned aircraft programs, Air Force Magazine reported Friday. Ulmer said the company believes the MUM-T concept will be […] More
Lockheed Martin will use facilities in Mobile, Alabama, and Marietta, Georgia to produce its new aerial refueler that is based on an Airbus aircraft and is being proposed for a U.S. Air Force program. The company said Monday Airbus’ Mobile-based facility will be responsible for the first phase of manufacturing the LMXT aircraft, which is […] More
Lockheed Martin recorded a range of testing, sales and performance milestones achieved by the F-35 aircraft in 2021. The previous year saw Switzerland and Finland joining the F-35 customer base and Denmark receiving its first F-35 unit, the company said Monday. The Netherlands also became the ninth country to declare initial operational capability of the […] More
BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has secured a potential $57 million contract to help maintain the Australian air force’s F-35 aircraft fleet and perform supply chain support work as part of a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. The company said Wednesday it expects to develop a supply chain of more than 70 small and medium businesses across […] More
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