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Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, program executive officer for weapons, said the U.S. Air Force is preparing to select a contractor to develop a hypersonic cruise missile by the end of September, Breaking Defense reported Friday. “Later this summer or later fall, given all this data coming together, will be when we would be looking to […] More
Airbus will use a manufacturing facility in Arkansas to produce the aerial refueling boom system for Lockheed Martin’s offering for a U.S. Air Force strategic tanker program. The Arkansas-built boom system will be integrated into the LMXT strategic tanker aircraft during the second phase of the plane’s assembly and configuration process, Lockheed said Wednesday. The […] More
Lockheed Martin has installed an electro-optical infrared missile system on joint light tactical vehicles Oshkosh‘s defense subsidiary built for U.S. Special Operations Command. The Spike Non-Line-of-Sight weapon uses a Lockheed-made remote launcher and a motor designed to propel the rocket toward its target at a range of up to 32 kilometers, the company said Tuesday. […] More
Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared the defense company’s goal of increasing its annual manufacturing capacity for Javelin missiles from 2,100 to 4,000 to meet U.S. and ally requirements. In an interview with CBS News, Taiclet said boosting production to its target numbers will take […] More
Lockheed Martin has tapped Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide its missiles and fire control business with a second stage booster that will be used to power a hypersonic weapon system being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday it will develop a solid rocket motor booster for DARPA’s Operational Fires initiative […] More
Lockheed Martin has completed the production of the first AN/TPY-4 radar, a multimission system that can detect existing and emerging threats and operate in contested radio frequency environments. TPY-4 is a software-defined radar system that is available in transportable and fixed variants and complies with open software, hardware and interface standards to facilitate integration, Lockheed […] More
Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low rate initial production phase 1 contract to provide phased array antennas for its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. AEOW is designed to provide persistent electronic surveillance and attack capabilities against anti-ship missiles and other potential threats, CAES said Wednesday. Phased array antennas from CAES can support Lockheed’s AOEW […] More
A team consisting of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing has selected Honeywell to provide auxiliary power units for the Defiant X helicopter. Defiant X is the Sikorsky-Boeing team’s helicopter offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program and is being evaluated in a digital combat environment, Honeywell said Monday. Honeywell will provide […] More
A heavy-lift helicopter that Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary designed and built for the U.S. Marine Corps has entered the initial operational capability phase. The service branch issued its IOC declaration for the CH-53K program after the manufacturer and the Department of the Navy completed initial test and evaluation procedures, Lockheed said Monday. Sikorsky previously demonstrated […] More
Lockheed Martin said it is in discussions with the Department of Defense about ramping up the production of weapons meant for Ukraine as the Eastern European country fights Russian invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Jim Taiclet, CEO of Lockheed and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other chief executives from major defense contractors […] More
Atherton Carty, vice president of strategy and customer requirements at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works business, considers the recent flight test of an air-breathing hypersonic rocket by the Department of Defense and industry partners as the beginning of a more speedy weapons development process. In an interview with Defense One, Carty said demonstrating the Hypersonic Air-breathing […] More
Space companies are investing in facilities to expand their capacity to produce small satellites to meet the increasing demand among government and commercial customers for hybrid space architectures that feature more small spacecraft operating in multiple orbits, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “What we’ve seen is, I think, a realization and a recognition that the future is […] More
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