LMI and The Climate Service predict that the U.S. military's current F-35 support infrastructure could experience significant disruption from extreme temperature, storm damage and coastal flooding events over the next three decades.
Read More »Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed CEO, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Her Efforts Advancing U.S. Defense Technology and STEM Education
Executive Mosaic is honored to name Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for her efforts advancing U.S. technological superiority as well as diversity and education in the technology sector.
Read More »Trump Talks Military Modernization at Defense Roundtable; Marillyn Hewson, Dennis Muilenburg Quoted
President Donald Trump has said the U.S. must continue to invest and build up the military in order to maintain the country’s competitive edge against potential adversaries. “We’ve secured record funding for the armed forces,” he said Friday during the Defense Roundtable at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. “The …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Delivers Next F-35A for Australian Pilot’s Training
Lockheed Martin has delivered another three F-35A aircraft for the training of Australian pilots at the Luke Air Force Base. The Australian government intends to procure 72 F-35A Lightning II aircraft and retire its fleet of 71 aging F/A-18A/B Classic Hornets, the country’s defense ministry said Monday. Australia’s defense minister …
Read More »Lockheed Debuts South Korea’s 1st F-35A; Marillyn Hewson Comments
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first F-35A aircraft built for the South Korean air force at a ceremony held Wednesday at the company’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. South Korean fighter pilots and maintainers will train at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona prior to the aircraft’s flight to its operational …
Read More »Lockheed Delivers Initial Deployable Support Facilities for Australian F-35 Aircraft
Lockheed Martin has delivered two mobile mission system facilities built to support operations and maintenance of the Royal Australian Air Force’s F-35 aircraft. Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry, said in a statement published Monday the country’s defense force will use the mobile mission system facilities to operate and maintain F-35s while …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Delivers First Japanese F-35A Aircraft to Luke AFB
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Japanese F-35A Lightning II aircraft to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona as part of the foreign military sales program. The arrival of the aircraft marked the start of the F-35A training program at the base, which will work to prepare pilots from partner countries such …
Read More »Army Picks Okland Construction to Build F-35 Operations, Maintenance Hangar
Okland Construction has won a potential $24 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to design and build an F-35 operations, maintenance, administration and six-position maintenance hangar facility. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received 10 bids for the project through an online-based solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the time of …
Read More »Draken Intl Deploys 6 A-4 Skyhawks for USAF Air Education and Training Command
Draken International has deployed six A-4 Skyhawks with 28 pilots and maintainers from Nellis Air Force Base in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Education and Training Command’s exercises. The company said Wednesday it flew 36 sorties for the Air Force’s F-16 requalification training at the Luke Air Force Base and AETC’s F-35 coalition instructor …
Read More »Lockheed Completes First Two F-35s for Australian Air Force; Marillyn Hewson Comments
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first two F-35 Lightning II jets under the $412 million manufacturing order from the Royal Australian Air Force, ahead of planned fuel system checks and ground and flight tests. The company said Thursday the AU-1 and AU-2 will be delivered to RAAF in late 2014 but will be used for Australia’s …
Read More »Lockheed Starts Final Assembly of 100th F-35 for Luke Air Force Base
Lockheed Martin Corp. has begun the final stage of production for the 100th F-35 Lightning II slated for delivery to Luke Air Force Base. Part of the work includes the installation of the electrical and hydraulic systems into the conventional takeoff and landing aircraft AF-41, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. The aircraft …
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