The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) has achieved a major milestone through completion of its Production Qualification Tests (PQT) at White Sands Missile Range, clearing the way for full-rate… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Advances Toward Production After Successful Qualification Tests"
Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have announced their intent to jointly create a European centre of excellence for the manufacturing and distribution of various rockets and missiles to be located in… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Partners With Rheinmetall For European Rocket Centre Of Excellence"
Departing from the Lockheed Martin assembly plant in Greenville, South Carolina, on March 31, Bulgaria’s first F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcon fighter jet arrived at Graf Ignatievo (3rd Fighter Air… Continue reading "New Era for Bulgaria’s Air Force: First F-16 Block 70 Lands at Graf Ignatievo Base"
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that a proposed purchase of twenty F-16 Falcon fighter jets was approved by the US State Department. The total estimated cost of the sale… Continue reading "Philippines Cleared For Purchase of F-16 Fighter Jets"
Lockheed Martin and Google Public Sector have announced their intent to integrate Google’s advanced generative artificial intelligence into Lockheed Martin’s AI Factory ecosystem. The aerospace company says its AI Factory… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin and Google Announce Generative AI Partnership"
Lockheed Martin announced on March 3 that the F-35 Lightnings it builds have now reached a combined total of 1 million flight hours across all models and users, inclusive of… Continue reading "Global F-35 Fleet Hits 1 Million Flight Hours Milestone"
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $2.81 billion for continuing development of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. This… Continue reading "U.S. Missile Defense Agency Signs a $2.8 Billion THAAD Missile Defense Contract with Lockheed Martin"
Korea Aerospace Industries may hold a surprise for one of its customers. Despite initial setbacks the light multirole jet may soon be delivered to its end-user in a modernized and… Continue reading "First FA-50PL To Come Off Production Line This Year"
On February 4, the U.S. State Department approved two significant arms sales to Egypt totaling approximately $929 million, further strengthening the growing military ties between the two countries despite concerns… Continue reading "$929 Million Arms Deal: U.S. Supports Egypt’s Naval and Air Defense Upgrades"
The first ever F-35 “Frankenbird” took its maiden flight this week. A previously crashed F-35A 17-5269 was taken and restored to flying condition by merging parts of another F-35A serial… Continue reading "F-35 ‘Frankenbird’ Makes Its First Flight"