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  • Romania to Buy F-16s, Rocket Launchers in Support of NATO Spending Commitment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Romania to Buy F-16s, Rocket Launchers in Support of NATO Spending Commitment

    Romania has announced plans to purchase 36 F-16 fighter aircraft and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems by 2022, Defense News reported Thursday. “These acquisitions are in the interest of safeguarding the security needs of Romania, but also to respect the government’s commitments in relation to NATO’s structures,” said Adrian Tutuianu, Romania’s defense minister. The European […] More

  • Lockheed Begins Mobile Rocket Launcher Delivery Under FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Begins Mobile Rocket Launcher Delivery Under FMS Contract

    Lockheed Martin has handed over the first mobile rocket launcher system to the Defense Department under a foreign military sales contract awarded in December 2015. The company produced the launcher and chassis components for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at its Camden, Arkansas-based facility, Lockheed said Wednesday. The U.S. Army tapped Lockheed to build 12 […] More

  • Polish Defense Group, Lockheed to Collaborate on Missile Launcher Devt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Polish Defense Group, Lockheed to Collaborate on Missile Launcher Devt Project

    A consortium of Polish state-owned defense companies intends to start exclusive further negotiations with Lockheed Martin on the development of a mobile artillery missile launcher system for Poland’s armed forces. The Polish Armament Group selected Lockheed’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System offering as the basis of the country’s Homar program, the company said Friday. The program […] More

  • Lockheed Concludes 6th TACMS Missile Flight Test; Scott Greene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Concludes 6th TACMS Missile Flight Test; Scott Greene Comments

    A Lockheed Martin-built missile system has performed a long-range mission during its  sixth consecutive flight test that occurred at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The company said Monday it tested the Tactical Missile System with the intent to further demonstrate the missile’s functions and address performance requirements under an engineering and manufacturing development program. TACMS launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and engaged a target […] More

  • Lockheed Conducts Fifth TACMS Flight Test to Validate Missile Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Conducts Fifth TACMS Flight Test to Validate Missile Functions

    Lockheed Martin has conducted a fifth flight test of its modernized tactical missile system to verify the system’s functions and compliance with performance requirements under an engineering and manufacturing development contract with the U.S. Army. Lockheed said Thursday it equipped the missile with new guidance electronics and a capacity to engage area targets as part of the Army’s TACMS Service Life Extension Program. TACMS […] More

  • Lockheed Tests Modernized Tactical Missile System in New Mexico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests Modernized Tactical Missile System in New Mexico

    Lockheed Martin has conducted two flight tests of an updated model of the U.S. Army‘s near all-weather guided missile technology at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed said Monday the third and fourth trials of the modernized Tactical Missile System during the months of December and February utilized the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher platform. […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils 1st Alternative Guided Rocket Warhead for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils 1st Alternative Guided Rocket Warhead for Army

    Lockheed Martin has produced its first alternative warhead for the U.S. Army‘s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System under a contract originally awarded in June 2015. The alternative GMLRS warhead rolled off the assembly line at Lockheed’s facility in Camden, Arkansas and works to engage a target while avoiding the risk of unexploded ordnance, the company said Monday. The warhead is designed to comply […] More

  • Army Test-Fires Lockheed GMLRS, ATACMS Missiles from Artillery Rocket Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Test-Fires Lockheed GMLRS, ATACMS Missiles from Artillery Rocket Platform

    The U.S. Army has completed a series of tests on two Lockheed Martin-built missiles launched from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. The service branch test-fired eight Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems and one Army Tactical Missile System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as part of a tactical munitions reliability initiative, Lockheed […] More