DefenceTalkLockheed Martin today announced the first flight of a VH-92A configured test aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. The July 28 flight signals the start of the 250-hour flight test program, which will take place at Lockheed Martin facilities in Owego, New York. The aircraft achieved its first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/vh-92a-presidential-helicopter-achieves-first-flight-70236/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin successfully conducted the first-ever launch yesterday of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) surface-launch variant from a topside canister. The flight test, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, proved the missile’s ability to conduct an angled launch from the newly designed topside canister, replicating a ship-launched environment. During the test, the LRASM, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-demonstrates-new-anti-ship-missiles-surface-ship-launch-capability-70188/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin has agreed to jointly build F-16 fighter planes equipped with new-generation electronics in India with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd, both companies said on Monday. The fighters are of the Block 70 type, “the newest and most technologically advanced F-16 ever”, they said. “The F-16 Block 70 is ideally suited to meet the Indian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-agrees-to-build-f-16-fighter-jets-in-india-70175/

DefenceTalkThe Upgraded Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) is Approved for Installation at F-35 Sites Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) next iteration of the F-35’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) has been approved for installation at U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy F-35 sites. Along with a number of improvements to the system’s baseline, the upgrade delivers […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-delivers-new-capabilities-for-f-35-logistics-system-69832/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin will manufacture additional AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar systems for the U.S. Army under a $1.6 billion order-dependent contract. The Q-53 radar system supports troops in combat by detecting, classifying, tracking and identifying the location of enemy indirect fire in either 360- or 90-degree modes. Lockheed Martin completed the 100th Q-53 radar system for the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-orders-more-q-53-counterfire-radars-from-lockheed-martin-69826/

DefenceTalkUS Vice President Mike Pence announced $10 billion in deals between American and Indonesian companies during a visit to Jakarta Friday, as he pushed for greater access to Southeast Asia’s top economy. Eleven deals were signed. Energy firm Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin were among the American companies involved in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pence-announces-10-bn-in-deals-on-indonesia-trip-69789/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Air Force authorized extending the service life of the Lockheed Martin F-16’s designed service life to 12,000 Equivalent Flight Hours — far beyond the aircraft’s original design service life of 8,000 hours. Following F-16 Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) structural modifications, the U.S. Air Force could safely operate Block 40-52 aircraft to 2048 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-air-force-authorizes-extended-service-life-for-f-16-69722/

DefenceTalkThe Beam Combined Fiber Laser is the Most Powerful Laser of Its Type Yet Demonstrated Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed the design, development and demonstration of a 60 kW-class beam combined fiber laser for the U.S. Army. In testing earlier this month, the Lockheed Martin laser produced a single beam of 58 kW, representing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-to-deliver-world-record-setting-60kw-laser-to-u-s-army-69517/

DefenceTalkADELAIDE, Australia: A team of Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians, working with the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance team comprised of the Department of Defence, Raytheon Australia, Navantia and ASC Shipbuilding, recently completed five weeks of Sea Acceptance Trials aboard the future HMAS Hobart, first-of-class of Australia’s three new Aegis-equipped Air Warfare Destroyers. The primary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-australian-navys-first-aegis-destroyer-completes-sea-trials-69492/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile continued its streak of successful flight tests with two recent flights at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. These tests represent the third and fourth consecutive successful trials of the modernized TACMS. In December, a modernized TACMS successfully engaged and destroyed a target in a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheeds-modernized-tacms-missiles-successful-in-two-new-flight-tests-69196/