DefenceTalkThe Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) development results will enable Germany to build its future air and missile defense system. This was underscored by Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson and MBDA Germany Managing Director Thomas Homberg in Berlin today. “The collaboration between Germany, Italy and the United States on the Medium […]https://www.defencetalk.com/meads-key-for-german-air-defense-backers-say-59435/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $25 million contract to design, build and test a 60-kilowatt electric laser to be integrated and tested in a truck-mounted weapon system demonstrator. The laser weapon is designed to significantly improve the warfighters’ ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats. Under a contract managed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-to-develop-weapons-grade-fiber-laser-for-us-army-59406/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s Group 1 family of unmanned aircraft systems is migrating to enhanced automation capabilities using its Kestrel “Fly Light” flight control systems and industry-leading mobile Ground Control Station (mGCS) software. The increased automation allows operators to focus on executing the mission, rather than flying various aircraft. Earlier this year, Lockheed Martin’s Desert Hawk III […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-demos-enhanced-ground-control-system-and-software-for-small-unmanned-aircraft-59395/

DefenceTalkThe Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fleet recently surpassed 15,000 flight hours, marking a major milestone for the program. “Flying 15,000 hours itself demonstrates that the program is maturing, but what I think is even more impressive is the fact that operational F-35s accounted for more than half of those flight hours,” said J.D. McFarlan, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-fleet-surpasses-15000-flying-hours-59373/

DefenceTalkOperational readiness of the U.S. Navy’s MK-48 heavyweight torpedo inventory will continue to be ensured by Lockheed Martin. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Lockheed Martin a contract option worth approximately $10 million to support the Navy’s intermediate-level maintenance activities for all MK-48 torpedoes. This is the first option exercised from a contract awarded […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-contracted-to-maintain-mk-48-torpedoes-59370/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin (LMT) successfully conducted the fifth and final Production Qualification Test (PQT) for the new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. During the long-range test, four rockets were fired from a HIMARS launcher and destroyed their respective targets approximately 65 kilometers away. The test is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-alternative-gmlrs-warhead-logs-successful-flight-test-series-to-next-test-phase-59349/

DefenceTalkNASA’s OSIRIS-REx program has successfully completed a comprehensive technical review of the mission and has been given approval to begin building the spacecraft, flight instruments and ground system. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is responsible for development of the spacecraft, which will be the first U.S. mission sent to a near-Earth asteroid to collect and return […]https://www.defencetalk.com/osiris-rex-asteroid-mission-passes-important-design-review-59282/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin received a $255 million contract in late 2013 from the U.S. Army for Lot 9 production of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket. The new allotment of rockets will be delivered to the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Republic of Italy. Delivery will begin in April 2015. Work will be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-receives-us-army-contract-for-guided-mlrs-rocket-production-59027/

DefenceTalkConsolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) will resume its transition to manage and operate the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, and Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., effective immediately. CNS, which includes Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI), Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., ATK Launch Systems Inc., SOC LLC, and teaming subcontractor […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-resume-transition-of-us-nuclear-facility-management-58972/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin has recently demonstrated the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) dual-mode guidance section engaging a laser-designated moving target during an internally funded flight test at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The rail-mounted JAGM guidance section flew six kilometers, engaged its precision-strike, semi-active laser and hit the moving target. The flight test, which was part of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-demonstrates-jagm-dual-mode-guidance-section-in-recent-flight-test-58866/