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BAE Systems has tested small unmanned aerial systems from Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works division on a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle designed to support U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance missions. The Stalker and Indago platforms were part of verification tests aimed to demonstrate the ACV’s potential to carry out command, control, communication and computers/UAS missions, […] More
The 10th and final GPS III satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Space Force received the “available for launch” designation from Space Systems Command on Dec. 8. The milestone marks the completion of GPS III satellite production and constellation modernization efforts, SSC said Tuesday. “The GPS III program contributions underpin U.S. national security […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency completed the first flight tests of artificial intelligence algorithms on a Lockheed Martin-built modified F-16 fighter jet, dubbed X-62A Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, in December. The AI algorithms developed through DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program were uploaded into VISTA at the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards […] More
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary handed the eighth and ninth CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to the U.S. Marine Corps in December 2022. Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, will serve as the home base of both aircraft and the manufacturer is on schedule to deliver additional King Stallion units to the service this […] More
Lockheed Martin has delivered the future USS Marinette littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy in early February, bringing the total deliveries of Freedom-class LCS to the service branch to 13. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday LCS 25, which honors the city of Marinette located in the northeast of Wisconsin, was equipped with a […] More
Lockheed Martin showcased a long-range precision strike missile system integrated into an Apache combat vehicle during a live-fire test held at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The company said Thursday two Spike NLOS all up rounds were fired from the Apache Echo Model V6 at a distant target in two separate scenarios. The demonstration paves […] More
Lockheed Martin has broadened its 25-year strategic partnership with SAP to add tools to support its business and digital transformation program. The expanded relationship centers on the use of the Rise with SAP software platform for the cloud-based transition of Lockheed’s OneLM Transformation Program, SAP said Wednesday. Under the new agreement, Lockheed will use Rise […] More
The first F-16 aircraft in the Block 70 configuration has carried out its inaugural flight at Lockheed Martin‘s production site in Greenville, South Carolina. Lockheed test pilots flew the fighter jet for about 50 minutes to check its engine, flight control and fuel system and perform basic aircraft handling, the company said Tuesday. “This milestone […] More
Lockheed Martin has achieved first light from a laser weapon technology designed for integration onto the U.S. Army Stryker combat vehicle to deliver directed energy capability in support of maneuver-short range air defense missions. The milestone verifies that the 50-kilowatt-class DEIMOS system’s optical performance parameters align with its design parameters, Lockheed said Monday. First light […] More
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has completed delivery of its 5,000th Hawk helicopter, a UH-60M Black Hawk. The aircraft was transferred to Sikorsky’s headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to be turned over to the U.S. Army, the Lockheed business said Friday. The UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift helicopter used in various operations, ranging […] More
The sixth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite established communications with engineers at the company’s Denver Launch and Checkout Operations Center about 83 minutes after it launched Wednesday aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. GPS III Space Vehicle 06 comes with a modular design to facilitate the integration […] More
Raytheon Technologies hopes to replicate the at-sea trial results of the first version of its SPY-6 radar with other variants of the Air and Missile Defense Radar system once it begins at-sea tests later this year, Defense News reported Monday. SPY-6 V1, which comes with four large radar faces, was integrated with the U.S. Navy’s […] More
