Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense should kick off efforts to electronically connect its key weapons systems as part of the Joint All Domain Command and Control strategy, Defense One reported Wednesday. Taiclet said he believes companies should help create the technical […] More
Jennifer Warren, a vice president at Lockheed Martin, said that global partnerships among government, commercial and academic organizations will be key to sustaining operations in the space domain, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. Warren noted at an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics-hosted online event Tuesday that while both the public and private sectors are pursuing space […] More
The U.S. Air Force is planning to award $19 million to a Wichita State University research organization for the first phase of an effort to create digital twins of the F-16 fighter that will be used for reducing aircraft maintenance costs and duration, Defense News reported Friday. Under the planned four-year contract, the university’s National Institute […] More
Lockheed Martin will continue sustaining the U.S. Air Force’s four-engine turboprop transport aircraft following a new $57.84 million award from the service branch. The company received a firm-fixed-price, time-and-material, cost-plus-incentive-fee and requirements modification to its C-130J Super Hercules long-term sustainment contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. Lockheed will deliver program sustainment support, inventory control […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched two spacecraft under the Blackjack program in an effort to demonstrate advanced laser communications terminals. DARPA said Wednesday the pair of Mandrake 2 satellites reached orbit in late June as part of the SpaceX Transporter 2 launch and are currently undergoing checkout and commissioning. The agency considers […] More
Wilson Wang, vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at Mitre, has been elected to the board of governors of the University of Maryland Alumni Association. He and seven other at-large board members began their two-year terms on July 1 to provide strategic direction and help oversee the Alumni Association’s future programs, the university said […] More
Lockheed Martin and Israel Aerospace Industries are looking into prospective research, production and marketing opportunities under a memorandum of understanding for collaborative development of integrated air and missile defense systems. The new partnership will create an executive steering committee and groups designated to oversee the coordination and implementation of the agreement, IAI announced Tuesday. “Combining […] More
RapidDeploy has deployed its cloud-based emergency dispatch platform at a Lockheed Martin-owned military aircraft production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to support factory crisis response operations. The Nimbus software will work to provide Lockheed’s security and emergency service personnel with real-time information such as incident feeds and emergency vehicle and vehicle location, RapidDeploy said Tuesday. […] More
BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary will deliver Lot 16 electronic warfare systems and associated items for Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 Lightning II aircraft production. The company said Monday BAE Systems Inc. will provide full units, retrofit kits and spare parts of the AN/ASQ-239 EW system, which offers both electronic attack and defense features to support the fighter […] More
Microsoft was named as founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an organization that fosters exchanges of intelligence on security threats faced by the space industry. The company will share its global threat insights to help the space community secure critical infrastructure and expand cybersecurity expertise, Tom Keane, corporate vice president for […] More
