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Northrop Grumman announced a high-powered team today, but industry reps told Breaking Defense another team is forming around Collins Aerospace, setting up a showdown.
U.S. arms maker Lockheed Martin confirmed on its Twitter account that it is ramping up production, including HIMARS multiple rocket launchers. As noted by the company, to stay ahead of need, Lockheed Martin works with speed and adaptability, using digi…
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin has announced that it is developing Long Range Maneuverable Fires (LRMF) missile for the U.S. Army. As noted by the company, the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Center has selected Lockheed Martin to de…
In his first testimony before Congress as the F-35 Program Executive Officer, Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Schmidt said just 53% of the US Joint Strike Fighter fleet was mission capable as of February 2023, a statistic he called “unacceptable.”
“Space is a warfighting domain and cyber is a critical area to focus on to ensure space security. I think we all know cyber attacks are becoming more frequent. They’re more severe, they’re even more sophisticated,” Sreenidhi Tum…
DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Center has selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to develop an advanced propulsion Long Range Maneuverable Fires (LRMF) missile. The missile can be fired from existing Army launchers to defeat distan…
The development program carries a new name, the Long Range Maneuverable Fires missile, and includes a new form factor and propulsion system.
An Air Force press release said that the missile was launched in a second all-up-round test and met “several objectives,” but conspicuously left out claims of overall success.
With the war in Ukraine raging, missile and other munition production seems like a sure bet. But the Pentagon knows industry is wary of getting burned should attitudes change and is trying to offer novel reassurances.
Air Force’s Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program has funded prototyping work with three short-term contracts first issued last year to Lockheed Martin, L3Harris and Northrop Grumman.