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Lockheed Martin has tapped Netherlands-based Fokker Technologies to manufacture wing components for future F-35 jets through the end of 2017 for low-rate initial production lots 9 and 10. Lockheed said Wednesday that Fokker will supply wing flaperons and outboard leading-edge flaps that aim to enable the F-35’s “controllability.” These components are made of titanium and composite materials to deliver a […] More
New analysis from Research and Markets has forecast a 4.52 percent year-over-year growth for the $102 billion C4ISR market from 2014 to 2020. The market report singled out the electro-optics subsector fueling demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment in the defense, aerospace and homeland security segments, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Electro-optics is used […] More
Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky Aircraft’s joint venture is discussing a follow-on contract with the U.S. Navy to maintain the service’s H-60 helicopter fleet, Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Jill Aitoro writes the Maritime Helicopter Support Co. works to repair, modify and procure more than 1,700 airframe and avionics parts for the H-60 series aircraft under […] More
Dan Nelson, formerly communications strategies lead at General Electric’s digital energy business, has joined Lockheed Martin as vice president of worldwide media relations. He will report to Jennifer Whitlow, senior VP of corporate communications, and serve as Lockheed’s chief spokesperson and adviser to senior executives on media engagements, Lockheed Martin said Monday. Nelson will also […] More
Jay McConville, director of business development for unmanned solutions at Lockheed Martin, said the contractor is studying several avenues toward marketing its small unmanned aerial vehicles to civil and commercial clients, the National Defense Magazine reported Monday. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes that the executive, speaking to reporters earlier in the week, highlighted the demand small drones have generated […] More
Lockheed Martin and Illumina have partnered to jointly develop genomics services in an effort to deliver personalized healthcare to the public. Lockheed will combine its information systems and integration resources with Illumina’s genetic sequencing tools in the project that aims to help countries consolidate genomics into their national health systems, Lockheed said Monday. “We envision the advantages […] More
Lockheed Martin has subcontracted Marotta Controls to build power conversion units for an air-launched missile technology intended to help U.S. military users locate and defeat enemy vessels. Marotta said Friday it will produce multiple power converters for integration into the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile‘s avionics system. LRASM is a collaborative project of the Defense Advanced Research […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced an open source platform for developers and non-developers to process analytics work in real time. The StreamFlow software launched on hosting service GitHub and is designed to work with the Apache Storm open source computation system, Lockheed said Thursday. “The next step in data analytics relies on the inclusion of diverse expertise and we envision […] More
MEADS International, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and MBDA, is working to secure deals to deploy its Medium Extended Air Defense System for air and missile defense capability development in Germany and Poland. Lockheed said Wednesday Germany has named MEADS a candidate for the Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem contract, while Poland has included the JV in technical discussions for the Narew system. Volker Weidemann, executive […] More
A camera system Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona developed for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has passed cryogenic testing at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Lockheed said Tuesday the near-infrared camera technology will act as JWST’s main optical instrument and is built to also align the primary mirror system of the […] More
Horace Blackman, vice president of health and life sciences at Lockheed Martin, has highlighted health IT, information security and infrastructure commodification as key trends in the federal market for 2015 in an interview with Federal News Radio posted Monday. Blackman told anchor Francis Rose that trends in medical devices and applications, cloud and the security and integrity of medical data will increase in […] More
Cubic Corp. has received new contracts to continue to develop and integrate the ground instrumentation subsystem of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 air combat training system. Cubic will work with DRS Technologies to make the ground subsystem functional with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and update encryption tools for the fighter jet’s P5 systems, Cubic said Monday. Dave Schmitz, president […] More
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