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  • Sikorsky Taps Kaman to Manufacture Black Hawk Cockpits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Taps Kaman to Manufacture Black Hawk Cockpits

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has awarded a five-year contract to Kaman to produce cockpits for two variants of the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Kaman said Monday its aerospace business will build model cockpits at a company facility in Jacksonville, Florida, for integration into UH-60M multimission helicopters and HH-60M medical evacuation mission units from 2018 through 2022. “Kaman is honored to be Sikorsky’s […] More

  • Lockheed, Discovery Education Launch Mars Habitation Module Design Challenge in UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Discovery Education Launch Mars Habitation Module Design Challenge in UK

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with digital education services provider Discovery Education to launch a video challenge for U.K. students to design a space habitation module that could help NASA bring humans to Mars. The challenge is part of Lockheed’s Generation Beyond program that aims to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers, […] More

  • Lockheed Opens New Facility to Support UK's Natl Cyber Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Opens New Facility to Support UK’s Natl Cyber Strategy

    Lockheed Martin has invested $3.9 million to establish a facility in Gloucester, England, that will develop technologies intended to help address cyber-related risks across the U.K. The Cyber Works center is built to support the British government’s National Cybersecurity Strategy and Defense Cyber Program as well as a cyber memorandum understanding signed between the U.K. and U.S., Lockheed said […] More

  • Lockheed-Built THAAD Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target During MDA Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built THAAD Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target During MDA Test

    A Lockheed Martin-built missile defense system has demonstrated a capacity to detect, track and intercept a threat representative intermediate-range ballistic missile target during a flight test led by the Missile Defense Agency. Lockheed said Tuesday the test marked the first IRBM interception for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system currently installed at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska. Richard McDaniel, vice […] More

  • Lockheed-Raytheon JV to Provide Army Javelin Rounds, Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Raytheon JV to Provide Army Javelin Rounds, Engineering Services

    A joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon has secured a $56.8 million contract modification to supply containerized rounds, electronics, command launch units for the U.S. Army‘s Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile system. Javelin Joint Venture will also provide non-recurring engineering services under the modification, the Defense Department said Friday. The JV developed the system to offer fire-and-forget and medium-range […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments

    An industry team led by Lockheed Martin has launched the U.S. Navy‘s 15th Littoral Combat Ship into the Menominee River from the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. Lockheed said Saturday that USS Billings will undergo additional outfitting and testing activities at the Wisconsin-based shipyard ahead of a scheduled delivery to the service branch in 2018. Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital

    Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Terran Orbital as both companies aim to advance development of nanosatellite technology. Lockheed said Thursday it will obtain an equity stake in Irvine, California-based Terran as part of the cash and in-kind investment deal. The two companies previously worked to support multiple Defense Department and NASA missions. […] More

  • Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award

    The Defense Security Service has given the 2017 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award to 36 company facilities for maintaining high standards for industrial security. DSS said Thursday the winning facilities represent various large and small companies such as BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Camber subsidiary, CGI Group, Concurrent Technologies Corp., General Dynamics, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Modern Technology […] More

  • Lockheed Provides $1M Grant to Fund Additive Manufacturing Lab at MSU Denver - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Provides $1M Grant to Fund Additive Manufacturing Lab at MSU Denver

    Lockheed Martin has provided a $1 million grant to the Metropolitan State University of Denver to fund the construction of an additive manufacturing laboratory that will support the production of aerospace components. The company said Thursday the Lockheed Martin Additive Manufacturing Laboratory will give MSU Denver students access to a three-dimensional printer. Lockheed said the grant will be issued […] More

  • Orbital ATK Reveals Test Results of Motor Technology for Orion Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Reveals Test Results of Motor Technology for Orion Spacecraft

    Orbital ATK has analyzed the results of a qualification test on the attitude control motor of the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system. The company said Monday results from the test in Elkton, Maryland indicate that the ACM’s HT-11 ‘high thrust’ demonstration was fully successful and the motor can now enter the program’s qualification phase. ACM features a […] More

  • Lockheed Intros C-130J Variant Designed for Int'l SOF Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Intros C-130J Variant Designed for Int’l SOF Missions

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new variant of the C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft designed to meet international military special operations requirements. The company said Tuesday it built the C-130J SOF platform to help address demands related to the execution of international special operations forces missions. Orlando Carvalho, executive vice president of Lockheed’s aeronautics […] More

  • Lockheed, Tata Sign Agreement to Produce F-16s in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Tata Sign Agreement to Produce F-16s in India

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Tata Advanced Systems to produce the newest configuration of the F-16 multirole fighter aircraft in India. The agreement seeks to give India the opportunity to manufacture, operate and export F-16 Block 70 as well as support technology supplier jobs in the U.S. and create new manufacturing jobs in India, Lockheed said Monday. F-16 Block […] More