Lockheed Martin to invest $50M into Saildrone, plans to equip USVs with missile launchers
This announcement is “transformational for us,” Saildrone CEO Richard Jenkins told Breaking Defense in an interview today.
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Lockheed Martin Wins $233 Million Full-Rate IRST Block II Order For Navy And Air National Guard
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 […]
Lockheed considering modifying existing missiles into lower cost designs
“We have really capable systems, like JASSM for example, that [are] already qualified on a whole bunch of airframes and can actually be turned into a modular system that could grow or shrink,” Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control President Tim Cah…
To sell weapons, prove they worked in Ukraine, say military leaders from NATO border nations
Companies at AUSA would show off “a demonstrator, [and] that’s nice,” but systems operating in Ukraine are much easier for industry to demonstrate their “actual product works,” said Finland’s Lt. Gen. Pasi Välimäki.
Boeing Wins $2.7 Billion In PAC-3 Seeker Production Contracts, Lockheed Martin And Diehl Make A Deal
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
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 live-fires new vertical-launch JAGM for naval counter-drone role
The new JAGM Quad Launcher can also go on ground vehicles and retains the widely used missile’s ability to target tanks, ships, and other surface targets, the company said.
Denmark commits $4.5 billion for additional F-35 jets, invests in Arctic defense spending plan
Copenhagen revealed that “as something new” the F-35 acquisition will also include Collaborative Combat Aircraft-type drones, appearing to confirm for the first time that it plans on acquiring the US-made platforms.
How a ‘priority’ on next-gen tankers paved the way for more Boeing KC-46s
A recent Air Force document provides the clearest insight yet into the service’s evolving tanker strategy, as well as what might be needed to continue the production run of Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus air refueler.
Lockheed Martin Starts Land-Based Testing Of Japan’s Aegis Ship SPY-7 Radar
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 […]