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    Orbital ATK, Virgin Galactic Express Views on Potential Commercial Use of ICBMs

    Orbital ATK has announced plans to procure parts of the Defense Department’s Cold War-era intercontinental ballistic missiles and use them for commercial satellite launches, The Washington Post reported Monday. Christian Davenport writes the company’s plan comes ahead of the Tuesday hearing in Congress on a two-decade ban on the sale of DoD’s stockpile of ICBMs for commercial use. “It’s […] More

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    F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed Complete Initial Test on Jet’s Helmet

    The Defense Department’s F-35 joint program office has completed the initial test of a prototype helmet for integration with the Lockheed Martin-built fighter jet, Defense News reported Tuesday. Lara Seligman writes JPO and Lockheed performed the test on a 103-pound mannequin fitted with the Generation III helmet at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico March 31. […] More

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    Navy Taps Rolls-Royce for LCS Ancillary Parts Supply Contract

    Rolls-Royce has received a potential three-year, $7.2 million contract to produce ancillary parts kits for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships. The company will perform contract work in Walpole, Massachusetts, through April 2019 under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Naval Supply Systems Command‘s weapon systems support unit will obligate the full […] More

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    Lockheed Begins Wing Production of LM-100J Freighter Aircraft; George Shultz Comments

    Lockheed Martin has begun wing production for the LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft — the civil-certified variant of the C-130J Super Hercules — at the company’s facility in Marietta, Georgia. Lockheed said Monday it is manufacturing other structural components at its Meridian, Mississippi and Clarksburg, West Virginia facilities. George Shultz, Lockheed vice president and general manager of air mobility and maritime missions, said the LM-100J […] More

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    Govini’s Eric Gillespie: Federal Spending Poised for Rebound, Vendor Services Demand Remains Steady

    A Govini report has shown that contract obligations by half of 24 federal agencies increased during fiscal year 2015 despite a two-percent decline in overall agency spending. “Spending may have decreased relative to the last two years, but we see signs of a rebound, or spending stabilization, as agency funding solidified,” Eric Gillespie, Govini founder and CEO, said Friday. […] More

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    Avcorp Receives F-35 Outboard Wing Order From Lockheed

    Airframe structure builder Avcorp Industries has received a new firm order from Lockheed Martin to produce outboard wings for lots nine and 10 of the F-35 program. The F-35 Carrier Variant Outboard Wing order builds on a previous contract awarded by Lockheed in October 2015, Avcorp said Friday. Avcorp CEO Peter George said the company is in talks with Lockheed to […] More

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    Lockheed Launches Generation Beyond STEM Education Program

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a science, technology, engineering and math educational program for elementary, middle school and high school students across the U.S. which features an online curriculum and virtual reality tools. The company said Friday the Generation Beyond program was announced at the Lockheed-sponsored USA Science & Engineering Festival. “Our children — the elementary, middle and high […] More

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    Navy Orders Additional Laser-Guided Training Rounds From Lockheed

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $25.8 million contract to Lockheed Martin to deliver live-fire training rounds of its laser-guided bombs. Lockheed said Thursday the Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds award is the last of four options under an $84.5 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract originally awarded in 2013. The company added it will also refurbish reusable shipping containers and provide […] More

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    Lockheed, Partners to Open Entrepreneurship College in Saudi Arabia

    Lockheed Martin and Babson Global have worked with the Saudi Arabia Economic Offset Program office and the King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia to erect an entrepreneurship college in the region. Lockheed said Wednesday the future College for Business and Entrepreneurship at KAEC will be modeled after the entrepreneurship education programs at Babson College. The project will work […] More

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    General Dynamics UK Facilitates Live-Fire Cannon Tests on Ajax Platform

    General Dynamics‘ U.K. land systems subsidiary and its partners completed live firing tests of a stabilized cannon and chain gun mounted on the U.K. army’s General Dynamics-built armored fighting vehicle. The team tested the CTA International-developed 40-millimeter cannon system integrated on the Ajax vehicle platform to record the recoil and blast stresses and other aspects of the firing, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The […] More

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    Space News: Lockheed to Consider Alternative Uses for Future NASA Habitat Module

    Lockheed Martin is looking into alternative uses for a habitat module it is developing for NASA‘s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships program focused on research-and-development projects to identify new technologies, Space News reported Wednesday. Bill Pratt, NextSTEP program manager at Lockheed, told the publicaiton its cislunar habitat could be used to support other countries and companies that are looking to embark […] More