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  • Report: Belgium Issues F-16 Fighter Aircraft Replacement RFPs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Belgium Issues F-16 Fighter Aircraft Replacement RFPs

    Belgium has kicked off a search for new multirole fighter aircraft that will replace the Belgian air force’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-16 planes, IHS Jane’s 360 reported Monday. Gareth Jennings writes Belgium requested proposals from multiple international defense organizations for the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed’s F-35A, Boeing‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Aviation‘s Rafale and Saab‘s Gripen E. Belgium aims to select a platform in […] More

  • F-35 Jet Fires MBDA-Built Missile in Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    F-35 Jet Fires MBDA-Built Missile in Flight Test

    A Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft launched an MBDA-made guided air-to-air missile during flight and firing trials that were held at two military bases in Maryland and California. Integrated teams from Lockheed, MBDA, BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman took part in the development tests for the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile  system, MBDA said Wednesday. The tests marked the first […] More

  • Research and Markets: Innovations Drive Military Satellite Payload, Subsystem Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Innovations Drive Military Satellite Payload, Subsystem Market Growth

    Research and Markets has predicted the global market for military satellite payloads and subsystems will grow at a 5.35 percent compound annual growth rate through 2021 due to advancements in satellites, antenna technology and networks. The research firm said it also forecasts that the emergence of ground-based inflatable satellite communications antennas for military applications will help drive market growth. The “Global Military Satellite […] More

  • Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $68 million basic ordering agreement to engineer and provide logistics support for Mk 92 fire control systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday the agreement covers equipment changes, repairs, and overhauls; engineering and field service; computer programming; documentation development and engineering services. Support services under the BOA will aid the […] More

  • Lockheed Hands Frigate Combat System Trainer to New Zealand's Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hands Frigate Combat System Trainer to New Zealand’s Navy

    Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm has shipped and opened a combat system trainer for New Zealand’s navy as part of a program to update the systems of its ANZAC-class frigates. The company said Tuesday it delivered the ANZAC combat systems trainer to the Maritime Warfare Training Center located at a naval base in Devonport, New Zealand. Rear Adm. John Martin, chief of the […] More

  • Lockheed Supports Sea Acceptance Trials of Australia's Future Aegis-Equipped Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Supports Sea Acceptance Trials of Australia’s Future Aegis-Equipped Destroyer

    Lockheed Martin has collaborated with an alliance composed of Australia’s defense department, Raytheon‘s Australian subsidiary, ASC Shipbuilding and Navantia to conduct a five-week sea acceptance trial for a Hobart-class air warfare destroyer. The Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance and Lockheed jointly tested Australia’s future HMAS destroyer to verify the ship platform and determine if the vessel could support the Aegis combat system, Lockheed said Monday. […] More

  • Lockheed Updates Airborne Testbed to Boost Intell Processing Capacity; Rob Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Updates Airborne Testbed to Boost Intell Processing Capacity; Rob Smith Comments

    Lockheed Martin has updated a manned airborne testbed the company built to help customers experiment with a range of sensors, technologies and systems designed for contingency operations. The company said said Monday it reconfigured the Airborne Multi-INT Lab in an effort to increase the platform’s capacity to process and transform data into decision-making support intelligence. AML now employs an updated on-board processing system designed to collect […] More

  • Reuters: MBDA, Lockheed Plan JV to Manage MEADS Deal with Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: MBDA, Lockheed Plan JV to Manage MEADS Deal with Germany

    MBDA plans to establish a joint venture with Lockheed Martin to oversee a missile defense program in Germany after the country’s defense ministry voiced concerns about MBDA’s capacity to execute the project independently, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes both companies are in talks with the German defense ministry regarding their planned JV and the ministry does not expect to finalize a contract with […] More

  • Air Force Orders Rheinmetall Ammo for F-35 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Rheinmetall Ammo for F-35 Fleet

    Rheinmetall has received a $6.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce four lots of ammunition for the service branch’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. The company said Monday it will begin to deliver Frangible Armor Piercing rounds to the Air Force in December 2017. Rheinmetall will manufacture the ammunition at a company facility in Switzerland and […] More

  • Northrop Delivers Fifth AEHF Satellite Payload to Lockheed; Cyrus Dhalla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Delivers Fifth AEHF Satellite Payload to Lockheed; Cyrus Dhalla Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received a fifth payload comprised of anti-jamming, cyber attack protection, detection and intercept technologies from Northrop Grumman under a U.S. Air Force satellite program that aims to facilitate communications between military leaders and the White House. Northrop said Monday the payload it developed for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite will undergo space vehicle level integration ahead of the fifth […] More

  • Lockheed-Built GOES-16 Satellite Instruments Record Continuous Lightning, Solar Storm Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built GOES-16 Satellite Instruments Record Continuous Lightning, Solar Storm Data

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled the first images from two Lockheed Martin-built space instruments onboard a weather monitoring satellite that was launched in November last year. Lockheed said Monday the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and Solar Ultraviolet Imager on NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 work to record continuous lightning data and compile complete views of the sun, respectively. Jeff Vanden […] More

  • Report: BAE, Lockheed Compete for Australia's Jindalee Radar Network Upgrade Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: BAE, Lockheed Compete for Australia’s Jindalee Radar Network Upgrade Project

    BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin have bid on a project to modernize the Australian air force’s over-the-horizon radar system, Aviation Week reported Thursday. Bradley Perrett writes the modernization effort for the Jindalee Operational Radar Network is scheduled to begin next year and will run through 2020. The report said “Project Joint 2025 Phase 6” will cover upgrade work on JORN’s signal generator, receivers, signal […] More