Lockheed Martin

Washington: In a first, the US Army and Lockheed Martin fired two new Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs, in a salvo test shot as part of production qualification flight testing at White Sands Missile...

Washington: The return of President Trump as commander-in-chief could mean more hardball negotiations with defence contractors. But Trump’s focus on cost cutting and potential insistence on hard deals may run into resistance from an industry...

Tel Aviv: Israel’s efforts to efficiently solve the problem of detecting and intercepting low flying armed drones is being taken seriously by other defence forces including the US army. Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated the...

Washington: US Navy pilots sitting comfortably in Maryland recently took a new carrier-based drone control centre out for a spin for the first time, piloting a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger thousands of miles away...

Washington: Bell Textron will build the US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA, fuselages in Wichita, Kansas, the company announced this week. The company won the Army’s bid to build FLRAA in late...

Canberra: The Labour government of Anthony Albanese cancelled Australia’s largest space program ever, almost 18 months after killing the main civil space program, drawing sharp criticism from analysts and industry experts. The satellite communications program,...

Tel Aviv: The delay in finalising the changes that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) wants to make in its Lockheed Martin CH-53K heavy helicopters, may further delay the deliveries. This causes concerns in Israel...

Wars, despite their destructive nature, have historically played a significant role in stimulating economies. While the human cost of war is indisputable, the economic impact of conflicts can often result in increased production, innovation,...

Washington: The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $3.2 billion multiyear contract for air-to-ground and anti-ship missiles, as part of a Pentagon effort to maximize weapons production through multiyear procurements. The sole-source contract...

Washington: The US Missile Defence Agency has chosen Northrop Grumman to design an interceptor capable of defeating hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight, the agency announced. MDA director Lt Gen Heath Collins revealed...

Bengaluru. Following Lockheed Martin’s teaming agreement with Tata Advanced Systems Limited to establish a C-130J MRO facility in India and expansion of C-130J manufacturing and assembly in India for the Indian Air Force’s Medium...

Melbourne: Australia is set to boost its capability for domestic manufacturing of Precision Guided Munitions (PGM), by incorporating locally-made rocket motors and warheads into US Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles. Under an agreement...

Washington: A new “extreme range” prototype of Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) could be ready for flight testing in one or two years, a company official said Septmber 16. The Pentagon has...