DefenceTalkThe Chilean Air Force has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin KC-130R Hercules refueling/transport aircraft. The aircraft is the first of two to be delivered this year to Chile’s Aviation Group No. 10. The KC-130R was previously flown by the USMC and offered by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency as an Excess Defense Article […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-of-two-kc-130rs-delivered-to-chilean-air-force-64043/

DefenceTalkIsrael is to purchase 14 F-35 stealth fighters from US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin at a cost of around $110 million each, the defence ministry said Sunday. “The defence ministry will purchase an additional 14 F-35s for around $3 billion, each plane costing an average of $110 million,” a ministry statement said. The $2.82 billion […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-to-buy-14-f-35-fighter-jets-from-us-63280/

DefenceTalkThe first F-35C Lightning II, carrier variant, for the U.S. Marine Corps touched-down on the flight line here, Jan. 13, from the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas, to begin training in support of carrier-based operations. U.S. Marine Lt. Col. J.T. “Tank” Ryan, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 501 detachment commander and F-35 pilot, delivered […]https://www.defencetalk.com/marines-receive-first-f-35c-lightning-ii-carrier-variant-62212/

DefenceTalkThe previous F-35 Flight Test Update concluded with F-35A test aircraft AF-3 completing 500 flight hours on 18 March 2013, making AF-3 the second mission systems test Lightning II to reach this milestone. This fourteenth installment in the series of F-35 flight testing reviews presents a large variety of additional milestones for the F-35 test […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-lightning-ii-flight-test-update-14-62062/

DefenceTalkThe Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $67.8 million contract to help finish a year’s worth of maintenance and repair work for the F-22 Raptor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The contract calls for Lockheed to conduct preparation work, like procuring materials and services, for any F-22 aircraft heading into Air Force depots […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-awarded-68m-contract-for-f-22-work-at-hill-afb-61861/

DefenceTalkMarotta Controls announces that it has been selected by Lockheed Martin to develop multiple power conversion units for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), which Lockheed Martin is developing as a joint program with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed Martin will integrate Marotta’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/marotta-to-develop-power-units-for-long-range-anti-ship-missile-61835/

DefenceTalkThe Department of Defense accepted its final F-35 Lightning II aircraft delivery for 2014 today meeting the program production goal of 36 aircraft. With the last delivery for this year, the government, Lockheed Martin and industry team has delivered 109 operational aircraft to the U.S. and partner nations since the program’s inception. The 36th delivery, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-lightning-ii-program-meets-aircraft-production-goal-for-2014-61202/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Air Force has approved full rate production for Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER). JASSM-ER successfully completed U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight testing in 2013. During IOT&E, the program had a 95 percent success rate, scoring 20 successes in 21 flights. Lots 11 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-force-approves-full-rate-production-for-lockheed-martins-jassm-er-61167/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement in principle for the production of 43 F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Officials anticipate the Low-Rate Initial Production lot 8 (LRIP 8) contract to be finalized in the coming weeks. The contract is for fiscal year 2014 with deliveries beginning in 2016. Cost details […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-and-lockheed-announce-principle-agreement-on-purchase-of-f-35s-60882/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin (LMT) received a $90.6 million foreign military sale contract from the U.S. Army to provide Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems to the Qatar Emiri Air Force. Qatar marks the 14th international customer for the M-TADS/PNVS system. Fielded in 2005, M-TADS/PNVS provides Apache pilots with long-range, precision engagement and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-receives-contract-for-qatar-apache-targeting-and-pilotage-systems-60757/