Lockheed Martin

The US military has spent billions over the past 50 years on developing  Directed Energy Weapons (DEW). Now, they are finally being used in combat. Directed Energy Weapons are advanced weapons that use focused energy,...

Tampa, Florida: Special operators are pushing for more firepower in their small teams, asking industry for a lighter shoulder-fired rocket, a long-range sniper rifle, and both land- and air-based weaponised drones. Lt Col Tosh Lancaster...

Cologne: RTX’s Raytheon selected Spanish engineering and technology group Sener to make a key component of the Patriot air-defence system’s interceptor missile at its Madrid site. The contract, announced by the companies on April 29,...

Milan: Lockheed Martin has forged a partnership with a Spanish firm for the production of interceptor missile parts for the Patriot air-defence system, a move that could help alleviate a bottleneck in manufacturing the...

London: Britain’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed that software-update problems in the F-35 program will hit aircraft deliveries, though a key official said the delay is unlikely to affect the timing for proclaiming the...

Washington: At a roundtable organised by The US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum and CUTS International on the future of the US-India Defence Partnership with a focus on technology collaboration and maritime strategy, Siddharth Iyer,...

GREENVILLE, S.C., Lockheed Martin recently marked a significant milestone with the departure of the first ferry cell of three F-16 Block 70 jets from Greenville, South Carolina, to Bahrain. This event highlights Bahrain's role...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., In November 2023, Lockheed Martin successfully completed a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) acquisition milestone for the nation's modernized long range ballistic missile interceptor. The company completed the first Knowledge Point – known as...

SINGAPORE. Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Lockheed Martin entered into an agreement on February 22, 2024 to implement a new data pipeline infrastructure to facilitate the seamless exchange of digitalised fleet...

ANAHEIM, California. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, today unveiled its plan to build, test and fly a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator (HEX / VTOL) with a tilt-wing configuration. The design is the first...

Washington: A software problem with the US Army’s new Javelin launcher has been corrected, but development of a new shoulder-fired missile remains on hold, the service said. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon’s Javelin Joint Venture is...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and the Saudi Minister of Defence Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz inaugurated the World Defence Show (WDS) 2024 in Riyadh on February...

For the past two decades, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has grappled with a pressing and distressing issue - its inability to maintain the combat aircraft fleet at the authorised level of 42 squadrons....