Air Force mum on whether latest ARRW hypersonic test was successful
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.
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‘Up our game’: The Pentagon’s 3 strategies to shore up munitions stockpiles
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 program for new F-35 missile will knock out at least one prime in FY24
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.
Pentagon: F-35 engine upgrade will be ready by FY30, aiming for ‘cost share’ among partners
Asked whether the Air Force would be willing to try again on pursuing an adaptive engine if Congress provided more funding, service Secretary Frank Kendall said, “No, we’ve made our decision.”
Pentagon resumes acceptance of F-35s from Lockheed Martin following months-long pause
Deliveries of the jet were halted after the crash of an F-35B in December. Even as a root cause has yet to be identified, the F-35 Joint Program Office said acceptances resumed after implementing mitigation efforts for one identified engine issue.
War Is A Profit Maker For Lockheed Martin
An RAF Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter jet taxis along a runway after landing at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford, Britain July 8, 2016. Peter Nicholls/ReutersReuters: Lockheed Martin Profits More From War Than Any Other Company on Earth&nb…
US Navy awards contract to Lockheed Martin for heavyweight torpedoes
Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded $16,8 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract in support of the Mark 48 heavyweight torpedo efforts. In a Feb. 24 contract announcement, the Navy said that this contract includes options that, if exercised, would brin…
Indonesia takes delivery of first C-130J-30 tactical airlifter
Lockheed Martin delivered the first of five C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Indonesian Air Force (IDAF) during Tuesday’s ceremony commemorating a new era in Hercules operations for this longtime C-130 operator. The IDAF’…
US Marine Corps receives two new CH-53K helicopters
The U.S. Marine Corps has received two new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters. The aircraft is manufactured by Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin, and was delivered to the Marine Corps in the final quarter of 2022. “Sikorsky’s employees are u…
AI-enabled tactical aircraft completes series of flight tests
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. announced on Monday that the VISTA X-62A recently completed a series of flight tests, where the aircraft was flown entirely by Artificial Intelligence (AI) for incredible 17-plus hours. VISTA, sho…