Lockheed Martin is to replace the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) that serves as the logistics backbone of the F-35 fleet with a new system, the Operational Data Integrated Network… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin to Replace F-35 ALIS With ODIN"
Lockheed Martin announced on 30 December, that it had delivered its 134th F-35 for the year, exceeding the original delivery goal of 131 aircraft. The 134th F-35 is an F-35B… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Surpasses 2019 F-35 Delivery Goals"
Lockheed Martin chose American rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer, Aerojet Rocketdyne, to provide the solid-fuel rocket motor for its hypersonic missile project for the United States Air Force, according to… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Contracts Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build Hypersonic Rocket Motor"
The Army has handed out two large contracts for the development and production of it’s upcoming Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW). On August 30th Dynetics was awarded a $352 million… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin, Dynetics, and Raytheon together will produce the US Army Long Range Hypersonic Weapon"
In a surprising change of tack, Lockheed Martin has announced they will not be submitting the Freedom-class LCS derivative to the final phase of the FFG(X) competition later this summer,… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Pulls Freedom-class Derivative out of FFG(X) Competition"
Lockheed Martin has begun work on a new factory for the production of the JASSM family of cruise missiles. This factory will enable the company to build the large ongoing… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Building Dedicated Factory for JASSM and LRASM"
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has partnered with Lockheed Martin to develop, support, and market the SPICE, a JDAM-like bolt-on precision guidance kit. Standing for Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective—a somewhat labored… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin and Rafael Partner to Further Develop SPICE Precision Munition Kits"
The US Army has opted for two missiles to be used in its Mid-Range Capability (MRC) program. The SM-6 and famous BGM-109 Tomahawk missile currently used by the US Navy,… Continue reading "Lockheed-Martin To Integrate MS-6 and Tomahawk Into Medium-Range Missle System"
On 16 December, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that it has awarded a £129 million ($156.5 million USD) contract for 254 “‘portable’ and ‘packable’ mini drones” to Lockheed… Continue reading "UK Purchases 254 Lockheed Drones for £129 Million"
In two contracts, the Lockheed Martin – Raytheon joint venture has been awarded a total of $309 million to produce 1,300 Javelin anti-tank guided missile systems. The new weapons are… Continue reading "Lockheed-Raytheon Awarded Contracts to Produce 1,300 new Javelins ATGMs"