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State Department Approves Nearly $4.7 Billion In Helicopters To South Korea, Support To India And Missiles For Belgium

Rich Abott — Mon, 18 May 2026 21:17:27 +0000

The State Department on Monday approved over $4.7billion in two potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs for helicopters to South Korea as well as support services to India military equipment […]

Lockheed Martin Reveals Rapid Fielding Center As Step Between Prototype And Full Production

Rich Abott — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:53:26 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday announced the start of a new intermediate center that can produce prototype-like products in early phases of development but at higher production rates and reliability […]

Lockheed Martin Rolls Out Low-Cost Containerized Grizzly Launcher

Rich Abott — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:06:44 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday unveiled its new Grizzly low-cost containerized launcher that can fire Hellfire missiles from a 10-foot shipping container, having recently completed its first live-fire tests. The […]

New PAC-3 Agreement Possible With Guaranteed Cash Flows And Inflation Markers, Officials Say

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:43:46 +0000

Defense Department and Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials confirmed specific measures around cash flows and accounting for inflation are key to a new framework agreement that aims to more than triple […]

DoD and Lockheed Martin Sign Framework Agreement To More Than Triple PAC-3 MSE Production

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:53:37 +0000

The Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday announced a new seven year-long framework agreement aimed at pushing annual production of the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment […]

F-22 Controls Unmanned General Atomics MQ-20 Drone In Industry Demo

Rich Abott — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:38:12 +0000

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Monday announced the successful test of an F-22 Raptor fighter controlling an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the first time […]

Lockheed Martin Invests $50 Million In Saildrone, Plan To Integrate Weapons On USVs

Rich Abott — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:28:21 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday announced a $50 million investment in maritime drone maker Saildrone, with plans to integrate weapons and other systems onto their unmanned surface vessels (USVs). Work […]

Lockheed Martin Wins $233 Million Full-Rate IRST Block II Order For Navy And Air National Guard

Rich Abott — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:23:42 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Oct. 20 announced it won a $233 million contract order to deliver the previously delayed infrared search and track (IRST) 21 Block II sensor system and […]

Boeing Wins $2.7 Billion In PAC-3 Seeker Production Contracts, Lockheed Martin And Diehl Make A Deal

Rich Abott — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:04:42 +0000

Boeing [BA] on Tuesday announced it won a series of multiyear contracts worth $2.7 billion total to produce more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seekers. Boeing produces the seekers under prime […]

Lozano Says Army Plans To Award PrSM Inc. 2 Buy In Mid-2026

Rich Abott — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:14:45 +0000

The Army hopes to start buying the next version of a long-range fire weapon, Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, in the middle of 2026, a senior official said Monday. […]

Lockheed Martin Starts Land-Based Testing Of Japan’s Aegis Ship SPY-7 Radar

Rich Abott — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:43:21 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] started initial light off ground-based testing for the Japan-bound Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)’s shipset 1 SPY-7 radar system on schedule, the company announced Tuesday. The testing […]

Army Awards Lockheed Martin $9.8 Billion PAC-3 MSE Contract

Rich Abott — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:30:17 +0000

The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $9.8 billion contract to produce 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors for the U.S. and international partners, […]

LRDR Tracks First ICBM Target Flight

Rich Abott — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:40:55 +0000

The Defense Department said the S-Band Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) conducted its first flight test tracking of a live missile target on Monday, relaying data to the Control Battle […]

Red Sea Analysis Loop Proves Importance Of Navy Updates Via Over-The-Air Networks

Rich Abott — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:15:39 +0000

SAN DIEGO– The commander of Naval Surface Forces confirmed naval forces conducting combat operations in the Red Sea have used a feedback loop 55 times over the past 15 months […]

Boeing Set To Break Annual PAC-3 Seeker Production Record

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:37:30 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Boeing [BA] on Tuesday said it is on track this year to break its annual record for production on the seeker of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot […]

BAE Systems: Advanced Radar Warning Receivers for C-130Js Continue Production/Delivery

Frank Wolfe — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:53:36 +0000

BAE Systems said on July 9 that it continues to deliver its AN/ALR-56M advanced radar warning receivers to the U.S. Air Force to protect C-130J transports by Lockheed Martin[LMT] under […]

Lockheed Martin Nabs $1.56 Billion Contract In F-35 Logistics Support

Rich Abott — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:54:36 +0000

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.56 billion contract to procure various logistics support for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air systems for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign […]

Navy MH-60R Gets New Submarine Detection Sensor

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:24:42 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] will be integrating Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) systems on six Navy MH-60R helicopters as part of a new subcontract announced with CAE. The integration will give […]

Lockheed Martin to Integrate New Situational Awareness System for F-35

Frank Wolfe — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:04:45 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is to integrate the Raytheon [RTN] Next-Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) into all F-35 variants over the next two years under a nearly $99 million contract […]

L3Harris To Upgrade Rover Under $90 Million Army Contract

Frank Wolfe — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:39:57 +0000

L3Harris [LHX] is to upgrade its Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (Rover) under the terms of a $90 million contract with the U.S. Army, but the company said the Army […]

Lockheed Martin, Universal Synaptics Partner to Address Fighter Jet Faults

Woodrow Bellamy III — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:31:53 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] will be the systems integrator of two Universal Synaptics automated test equipment solutions across key Defense Department programs under a new intermittent fault detection technology licensing agreement. […]

F-35 Distributed Mission Training Coming in 2019

Woodrow Bellamy III — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 21:22:07 +0000

Pilots training to fly the F-35 Lightning II will soon have the ability to virtually fly with up to 12 flight simulators networked together across different bases and training facilities […]