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Cubic Corp. has received new contracts to continue to develop and integrate the ground instrumentation subsystem of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 air combat training system. Cubic will work with DRS Technologies to make the ground subsystem functional with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and update encryption tools for the fighter jet’s P5 systems, Cubic said Monday. Dave Schmitz, president […] More
Martha Shepard serves as vice president of contracts at BAE Systems Inc. — the British defense contractor’s U.S. subsidiary — with responsibility in policy formulation and professional development functions for BAE’s U.S. and foreign-based entities. She also works to monitor acquisition-related regulatory activity and represent the U.S. subsidiary’s contracts on the commercial council for parent company BAE […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built industrial exoskeleton technology has received Icon Magazine’s Product Design of the Year award. The Fortis suit also won a gold award in the Spark Design & Architecture Awards program and is included on CNN Money’s annual list of the 36 coolest gadgets, Lockheed said Friday. The company built the technology with the […] More
A Lockheed Martin-led contracting team has met its goal of producing and delivering 36 F-35 fighter jets this year. Lockheed provided a total of 34 F-35A, F-35B and F-35C planes to the U.S. Defense Department and 2 F-35As to the Royal Australian Air Force during 2014, the company said Monday. The 36th aircraft is for […] More
Lasers could become one of the most sought-after technologies in defense as manufacturers work to improve their accuracy, power and versatility in ever-smaller form factors, the Washington Post reported Friday. Christian Davenport writes lasers could soon join the U.S. arsenal alongside see-through head-up displays and electricity-conducting military uniforms and exoskeleton suits. Ray Johnson, chief technology officer at […] More
The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team has encased the latest Mobile User Objective System satellite within its payload fairing ahead of the scheduled Jan. 20 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Iris Bombelyn, vice president of narrowband communications at Lockheed, said Friday the MUOS-3 satellite will work to expand the coverage of the MUOS mobile satellite communications network. She […] More
Lockheed Martin has awarded a subcontract to L-3 Communications to equip the U.K. defense ministry’s Desert Hawk III DDL digital platform with the MICRO Secure Digital Data Link. The companies said Dec. 1 that L-3’s MICRO SDDL will support communications for the small unmanned aircraft system’s command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Kevin Westfall, director of LM MST’s unmanned solutions business, said that […] More
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have jointly tested the command and control features of the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS III satellite during a fourth launch readiness exercise. The companies demonstrated automatic data transfer between the Lockheed-built satellite and a Raytheon-made operational control system, Raytheon said Wednesday. The evaluation also sought to demonstrate the infrastructure’s maneuver planning, […] More
Dr. Ray O. Johnson, a senior vice president and chief technology officer at Lockheed Martin, will give a speech to graduating computer, mathematics and natural science students at the University of Maryland. He is slated to deliver the commencement address Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Cole Student Activities Building, the university said Monday. Dr. […] More
Lockheed Martin will work with Alaska Aerospace to launch the latter firm’s small- and medium- lift missions from the Kodiak Launch Complex with Lockheed’s Athena rocket. Alaska Aerospace will collaborate with Lockheed to upgrade the rocket and launch pad in preparation for government and commercial payload launch operations, Lockheed said Monday. “Upgrading Athena and the KLC will give government and […] More
Lockheed Martin has received approval from the U.S. Air Force to begin full-rate production of the company’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range for the military service. The Air Force completed operational test and evaluation on the extended-range missile variant last year, Lockheed said Monday. The company was awarded a contract in December 2013 to build […] More
Northrop Grumman has delivered an active electronically scanned array radar to Lockheed Martin under an F-16 radar modernization program. Lockheed contracted Northrop to provide its APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar systems for the U.S.’ and Taiwan’s F-16 fighters, Northrop said Friday. “The progress to date in the APG-83 program reflects our enduring commitment to providing […] More
