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Lockheed Martin has partnered with CoGen to build a U.K. facility designed to convert waste into renewable energy. Lockheed will oversee engineering, procurement, construction and manufacturing work on the bioenergy plant in Cardiff, Wales, and CoGen will serve as the developer and owner of the project under the teaming agreement, Lockheed said Tuesday. Frank Armijo, […] More
A proposal by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to manufacture CH-53K King Stallion helicopters at a company facility in Stratford, Connecticut for the U.S. Navy was approved by local union members through a 2,104-140 vote, CTPost reported Monday. Amanda Cuda writes Teamsters Local 1150 stated that the Navy contract will become null and void if another production facility was selected since the contract […] More
NASA has conducted a series of tests with Orbital ATK, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne to evaluate the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket that the agency plans to launch in 2018 as part of an unmanned space exploration mission. Lockheed’s engineering teams have completed proof pressure tests on the Orion crew […] More
DigitalGlobe, United Launch Alliance and the U.S. Air Force are evaluating a potential launch window of between late October and early November launch window for the WorldView-4 satellite. DigitalGlobe said Monday it has delayed the launch of WorldView-4 as work to restore and assess infrastructure at Vandenberg Air Force Base continues following a series of […] More
Lockheed Martin has secured a $49 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide sensor upgrades for AH-64E Apache helicopters. The company said Monday the contract covers 42 Modernized Day Sensor Assembly kits and spares to update the Apache aircraft’s Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor. Lockheed will carry out Lot 1 production at the company’s Orlando and […] More
Rockwell Collins has received a five-year contract of an undisclosed value to repair the primary flight and mission display units on the U.S. Army‘s fleet of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. The company said Wednesday it will fix and provide service bulletins for all Black Hawks MFD-268C4 displays used by the U.S. Army as well as foreign military customers. Work […] More
Germany has announced plans to procure between four and six Lockheed Martin-built transport planes following delays in the delivery of the Airbus Group-built A400M military cargo aircraft, Marketwatch reported Tuesday. Robert Wall writes Ursula von der Leyern, Germany’s defense minister, has signed a declaration of intent to acquire the Lockheed C-130J transport planes under the same pool of aircraft that […] More
Singapore is eyeing a potential procurement of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft somewhere in the 2030 timeframe, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta quoted Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen as saying that the F-35 is “a good plane, but our needs aren’t so urgent at this point and time.” Ng added that he predicts the country’s current F-15 and F-16 fighter jets could remain well […] More
Tiffany Nesbit, formerly director of engineering at Honeywell’s aerospace business, has joined Elbit Systems’ U.S. subsidiary as vice president of engineering. Elbit Systems of America also named Douglas Sandklev, formerly technical director of training and simulation solutions at Lockheed Martin, as VP of technology and innovation, the company said Sunday. Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO […] More
Raytheon has received a contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to develop a transition-to-production process that will incorporate Gallium Nitride components onto existing and future AN/TPY-2 radars. The company said Friday the initial effort will also support efforts to modernize ballistic missile defense radars through the transition from Gallium Arsenide to GaN technology which will work to boost […] More
The Connecticut General Assembly has approved a $220 million incentive package to keep the factory of Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary in the state and increase the helicopter business’ workforce to more than 8,000 by 2032, Connecticut Post reported Wednesday. Ken Dixon writes Sikorsky will build 200 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters at its Stratford, Connecticut-based manufacturing facility as […] More
TEGAM has secured $900,000 in orders from the U.S. Navy to supply portable micro-ohm and bond test equipment to help address the aircraft and ship maintenance requirements of the service branch and U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Wednesday it expects to complete deliveries of the R1L-E2A electrical bonding meter system to the Navy by the end of this year. R1L-E2A is designed to comply with ATEX, UL and CSA […] More
