The top-grossing defense firm in the world Lockheed Martin has announced that the new SBIRS GEO-5 missile warning satellite being completed. As noted by the company, the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) – the first military space satellite built on Lockheed Martin’s new, modernized LM 2100 bus – was completed […]

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The next three F-35B Lightning II short take-off and vertical landing aircraft departed the Lockheed Martin production facility recently to the United Kingdom. In a release Friday, Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group, Royal Air Force, Allan Marshall said the new stealth fighter jets to increases the British fleet to 21 F-35s. “Looking forward to their […]

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The U.S. Air Force has awarded the multi-million dollar contract to upgrade its long-range, precision standoff missiles. Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded a $42,1 million contract modification for the upgrade and test of the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM). The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, supports the […]

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The Swiss Federal Office of Armaments received an official offer prepared by U.S. Government and Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide 5th generation fighter jet capabilities to the Swiss Air Force. The F-35 proposal is a total package offering that includes up to 40 F-35A aircraft, a sustainment solution tailored to Swiss […]

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Ministry of the National Defense Republic of Lithuania has announced that it is signed today a contract on the acquisition of new Black Hawk helicopters from the Government of the United States. The official press release said that Lithuanian DefMin Karoblis & US Acting Secretary of Defense Miller signed a contract on the procurement of […]

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The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Lockheed Martin Corporation a contract for the Atmospheric Early Warning System AN/FPS-117 Radar program.  This contract, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on 28 October, provides for contractor logistics support and radar hardware/spares procurement. Within the contract, work will be performed in Syracuse, New York, as […]

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U.S. helicopter maker Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin, has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to build six additional production CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters. The new heavy-lift helicopter from Sikorsky intended for the United States Marine Corps. The aircraft will further support the U.S. Marine Corps in its mission to conduct expeditionary heavy-lift assault […]

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The Danish Ministry of Defense has announced that the first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the Royal Danish Air Force recently headed to the final assembly in Fort Worth, Texas F-35 production facility. It is a significant milestone for Denmark’s first F-35 jet, known as AP-1, as it moves down the production line at […]

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Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has announced that Spain’s future F-110 frigates will be equipped with SPY-7 maritime radar. The F110 class also known as the Bonifaz class are a multi-purpose, anti-submarine class of Aegis combat system-fitted heavy frigates under development for the Spanish Navy. The project is being co-developed by the Spanish […]

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The British Army has revealed that it has been testing a new Lockheed Martin’s unmanned aircraft system called the Indago. “An Indago Remote Piloted Aerial System (RPAS) is tested at the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) [the annual British Army innovative experimentation program],” the British Army said in a Twitter post. The Indago is a new vertical […]

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