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The U.S. Navy’s Tactical Networks Program Office has awarded Lockheed Martin a new contract aimed at utilizing commercial information technology systems to develop the service branch’s afloat network. Lockheed will collaborate with PMW 160, which operates under the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence, to deploy cyber-resilient networking hardware and software […] More
Mike Gordon, deputy chief information security officer at Lockheed Martin, has said the company has collaborated with the Defense Department and some industry partners on a pilot program to provide DoD with a comprehensive view of the supply chain, Fifth Domain reported Sunday. The pilot program aims to help DoD know the companies that supply […] More
Companies such as Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics have initiated measures to continue development work on defense contracts amid the rising security clearance backlog, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The National Background Investigations Bureau said the number of individuals seeking security clearances has climbed to nearly 500K in the past four years and the […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen Synopsys to develop a technology to emulate system-on-chips as part of DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative. Synopsys said Wednesday it will collaborate with Lockheed Martin and Analog Devices on the Posh Open Source Hardware program that aims to improve the quality of mixed-signal SoC platforms intended for defense and aerospace use. DARPA seeks to establish a […] More
Lockheed Martin received in-orbit signals from the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft just hours after the communications satellite launched Wednesday atop United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 rocket. AEHF-4 that took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida completes a geostationary satellite constellation that will deliver tactical military communications coverage to […] More
Lockheed Martin has concluded a closed loop satellite tracking demonstration of a scaled version of the Long Range Discrimination Radar using tactical software, production hardware and backend processing equipment. The test is one of the technical milestones in the LRDR program needed to facilitate the delivery of the radar platform to the Missile Defense Agency in […] More
The U.S. Air Force‘s 45th Test Squadron at Eglin AF Base will test and evaluate a radar installation Lockheed Martin has built to help the military service track objects currently in orbit, NWF Daily News reported Sunday. Lockheed developed the Space Fence on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands under a $914M contract awarded in […] More
United Launch Alliance has begun final preparations to launch a Lockheed Martin-built military communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday at Cape Canaveral AF Station in Florida. ULA said Friday its Atlas V 551 rocket will carry the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft designed to help command and tactical forces transmit data. Lockheed delivered AEHF-4 to Cape […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a contract modification to incorporate gallium nitride into U.S. Army radars used to protect soldiers from indirect fire. The company said Monday updating the AN/TPQ-53 radar technology with GaN can help increase the system’s performance to acquire counterfire targets. AN/TPQ-53 is designed to help military users detect, classify, track and identify the location of adversarial indirect fire in […] More
Lockheed Martin has enclosed the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite in a payload fairing in preparation for its Oct. 17 launch atop United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. Mike Cacheiro, vice president of protected communications at Lockheed, said in a statement published Monday AEHF-4 will complete a constellation of satellites that will provide “global […] More
The Association of the U.S. Army has selected Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, to receive AUSA’s 2018 John W. Dixon Award in recognition of his contributions to national defense programs. “I dedicated my own career to ensuring our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines were able to do their jobs with the best technology,” Krone said in a […] More
Lockheed Martin has received approval from the Defense Department to start full combat testing of its F-35 fighter aircraft, Bloomberg reported Friday. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, cleared the plan for the fighter jet to begin operational tests after “concurring†with the recommendation of the program manager to kick off testing in […] More
