A new Mitre study says the U.S. Air Force should expand four additional bases in the Pacific to accommodate operations of up to 24 bombers and 18 tankers as well as procure and field “large... Read more
Lockheed Martin has proposed to lower the cost of the Department of Defense’s block F-35A purchases from $89.5M per aircraft to less than $80M each, Defense One reported Tuesday. Read more
Lockheed Martin aims to increase the F-35 fighter jet’s air-to-air firepower with a newly-built weapons rack designed to increase payload capacity to six missiles, Popular Mechanics reported... Read more
Lockheed Martin aims to reduce the price of F-35A fighter jets to less than $80M per unit through a proposed multiyear contract with the Department of Defense's Joint Program Office, USN... Read more
Michele Evans, who assumed the role of executive vice president for Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business area in October 2018, has discussed the company’s efforts to reduce the price of th... Read more
Lockheed Martin has built and delivered 91 F-35 fighter jets to military customers this year, up 40 percent from 2017 deliveries and a 100 percent increase over 2016 production levels. The U... Read more
Lockheed Martin has received a potential $83.1M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to develop, integrate, certify and test a “dual capable” aircraft system for the U.S. Air... Read more
Initial Ground Test Results of Lockheed-Built F-35A Variant Show Potential for Service-Life Increase
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 joint program office have wrapped a series of durability, drop and static tests designed to validate the F-35 aircraft’s resilience and strength in combat enviro... Read more
Lockheed Martin has issued a request for information as it considers whether to recompete the F-35 aircraft’s communications, navigation and identification equipment and electronic warfare p... Read more
Lockheed Martin has delivered another three F-35A aircraft for the training of Australian pilots at the Luke Air Force Base. The Australian government intends to procure 72 F-35A Lightning I... Read more
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first F-35A aircraft built for the South Korean air force at a ceremony held Wednesday at the company’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Sou... Read more
Switzerland has unveiled a list of specifications for the country’s future combat aircraft and ground-based air defense system. The Swiss defense department said Friday its NKF combat... Read more
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company and the Defense Department are engaged in a “complex negotiation” over the next contract to build the 11th batch of 130 F-35 fighter... Read more
Lockheed Martin has delivered two mobile mission system facilities built to support operations and maintenance of the Royal Australian Air Force’s F-35 aircraft. Christopher Pyne, Aust... Read more
Lockheed to Support F-35 Dev’t Flight Test Under $82M Navy Modification
Lockheed Martin has received a three-year, $81.9M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build specific hardware and software capabilities from the Block 4 configuration in support of t... Read more