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K-Max completes US Navy unmanned cargo assessment

K-Max completes US Navy unmanned cargo assessment

7-Sep-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led unmanned K-MAX® team successfully completed a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA) for the U.S. Navy’s Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program. “The autonomous flying K-MAX is designed to resupply Marines on the battlefield and in remote locations,” said Roger Il Grande, director of Airborne Systems at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems... Read more

LockMart wins $50M contract for AH-1Z sensors

LockMart wins $50M contract for AH-1Z sensors

1-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Corporation Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $49,950,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of 18 AN/AAQ-30 target sight systems (TSS) that will be integrated into the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. This integration is part of the USMC H-1 upgrade program to remanufacture legacy aircraft with state of the art designs... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded up to $47M to develop Unmanned Autonomous Technologies

Lockheed Martin awarded up to $47M to develop Unmanned Autonomous Technologies

22-Aug-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $47 million contract to develop, demonstrate and deliver autonomous technologies for unmanned air systems in support of in-theater unmanned cargo resupply missions. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace (NASDAQ GS: KAMN) will demonstrate intelligent autonomous technologies for unmanned aerial systems using the K-MAX helicopter platform. The Army’s... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $30M delivery order for MH-60R situational awareness

Lockheed Martin awarded $30M delivery order for MH-60R situational awareness

16-Aug-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $29,969,607 modification to a previously issued delivery order placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-09-G-0005.  This modification provides for additional phase two non-recurring efforts in support of the MH-60R situational awareness technology insertion engineering, manufacturing, and development.  Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y.... Read more

US Army awards Lockheed Martin $60M production contract for AH-64D Arrowhead program

US Army awards Lockheed Martin $60M production contract for AH-64D Arrowhead program

2-Aug-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army recently awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $60 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead®, for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The $60 million Lot 8 base contract includes 23 Arrowhead kits for the National Guard, plus U.S. Government and... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers Joint Tactical Radio for AH-64D integration

Lockheed Martin delivers Joint Tactical Radio for AH-64D integration

19-Jul-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered the first secure, Joint Tactical Radio to the U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache Avionics Integration Lab. The Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) delivery included the Engineering Development Model (EDM) of the Joint Tactical Radio-Small Airborne two channel radio running the Link-16 waveform and 200w Link-16 power amplifier.... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $14M for MH-60R radar contract

Lockheed Martin awarded $14M for MH-60R radar contract

5-Jul-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $14,104,892 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the non-recurring engineering efforts for the design and development of a Mode 5 Interrogator Subsystem into the MH-60R Automatic Radar Periscope Detection and Discrimination System, to include design, development, integration and test.  Work will be performed in Farmingdale, N.Y.... Read more

MH-60R conducts Deck Landing Qualifications on USS Freedom

MH-60R conducts Deck Landing Qualifications on USS Freedom

15-Jun-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

The sun provided the light, a U.S. Navy photographer manned the camera and two Lockheed Martin programs provided the action during recent training operations in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 77 conducted Deck Landing Qualifications on June 7, landing on the flight deck of the USS... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $48M to extend AH-64 sight contract by six months

Lockheed Martin awarded $48M to extend AH-64 sight contract by six months

12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on June 1 a $48,766,679 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the six-month extension of logistical support for the AH-64 Apache modernized and legacy target acquisition designation sight assembly and Pilot Night Vision Sensor Assembly System.  Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $53M modification to VH-71 development program contract

Lockheed Martin awarded $53M modification to VH-71 development program contract

12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $53,396,891 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee VH-71 system development and demonstration contract (N00019-05-C-0030), which was terminated for the convenience of the government.  This modification provides funding for post-termination related expenses, including, but not limited to:  the physical inventory of contractor acquired... Read more

Lockheed Martin demos JAGM Tri-Mode Seeker against moving sea targets

Lockheed Martin demos JAGM Tri-Mode Seeker against moving sea targets

8-Jun-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) tri-mode seeker successfully acquired and tracked multiple moving maritime vessels during recent high-speed, captive flight tests. The tests occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, off the shore of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., against multiple maritime targets, including a Revenge Advanced Composites (RAC) state-of-the-art, low-signature, high-speed patrol craft.  The RAC... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers AH-1Z targeting systems to USMC ahead of schedule

Lockheed Martin delivers AH-1Z targeting systems to USMC ahead of schedule

27-May-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter.  The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting capabilities. TSS is the multi-sensor fire control system for the AH-1Z, integrating state-of-the-art sensors to provide pilots with enhanced capabilities... Read more

Lockheed Martin improves Apache support with UK switch

Lockheed Martin improves Apache support with UK switch

30-Mar-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin UK – Ampthill has won a three year contract worth just over £1 million to retrofit and repair complex cable assemblies on the U.K. WAH-64 Apache LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR). Previously, the cable assemblies were refurbished at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, having been shipped from the Special Repair... Read more

Multipurpose Hellfire II ‘Romeo’ Strikes Target, Completes Proof-of-Principle Flight Tests

Multipurpose Hellfire II ‘Romeo’ Strikes Target, Completes Proof-of-Principle Flight Tests

29-Mar-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army’s Joint Attack Munition Systems (JAMS) Project Office and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully fired a multipurpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II “Romeo” missile with a live warhead and penetrated a brick-over-block target in its sixth proof-of-principle (POP) test. The flight test, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., demonstrated the Romeo’s enhanced software capability... Read more

LockMart and Bristow team for Australian HATS requirement

LockMart and Bristow team for Australian HATS requirement

2-Mar-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin and Bristow Helicopters Australia, an affiliated company of Bristow Group Inc. , today announced a partnership to offer a complete training solution to the Australian Defence Force for its Project Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) requirement. The HATS program will provide a rotary-wing training capability for Royal Australian Navy... Read more

Lockheed Martin seeks Australian partners for MH-60R

Lockheed Martin seeks Australian partners for MH-60R

24-Feb-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT] is expanding its base of potential suppliers for the MH-60R helicopter in Australia, issuing a request for information from potential suppliers of critical pieces of aircraft hardware. Under the auspices of a recently signed Global Supply Chain (GSC) Deed, Lockheed Martin will establish long-term partnerships by offering Australian companies new opportunities... Read more

Unmanned K-MAX achieves numerous “Firsts” during recent demo flights

Unmanned K-MAX achieves numerous “Firsts” during recent demo flights

24-Feb-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation [NASDAQ GS: KAMN], and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) recently made aviation history with the Unmanned K-MAX helicopter by successfully completing multiple guided airdrops via sling load at 10,000 ft above sea level. In four separate flights conducted January 24-25, 2011,... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers 300th common cockpit to US Navy

Lockheed Martin delivers 300th common cockpit to US Navy

24-Feb-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has successfully delivered the 300th Common Cockpit, the nerve center for every multi-mission helicopter in the U.S. Navy fleet, aboard an MH-60S. “The Common Cockpit underwent one of the most demanding certification processes at NAVAIR, and is now the standard by which all cockpits are judged,” said Capt. Dean Peters, NAVAIR program... Read more

US Army and Lockheed Martin celebrate M-TADS/PNVS “Arrowhead” milestone

US Army and Lockheed Martin celebrate M-TADS/PNVS “Arrowhead” milestone

17-Feb-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] marked the delivery of the 1,000th Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system to the U.S. Army at ceremonies held today at Lockheed Martin facilities in Ocala and Orlando, FL.  M-TADS/PNVS, also known as Arrowhead®, is the advanced targeting and pilotage system for the U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache attack... Read more

Sikorsky, Boeing and LockMart in top 10 for minority student internships

Sikorsky, Boeing and LockMart in top 10 for minority student internships

27-Jan-2011Source: INROADS

As INROADS celebrates its 40th year of developing and placing over 125,000 high performing minority students in salaried corporate internships with some of America’s leading companies, it is pleased to announce United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) once again tops its list as the largest provider of corporate internships for the fourth year in a row. INROADS... Read more

AgustaWestland and Eurocopter to contest UK military training deal

AgustaWestland and Eurocopter to contest UK military training deal

26-Jan-2011Source: Flightglobal

The UK’s requirement to modernise its training system for military helicopter crews has drawn initial bids from two contenders, industry sources say. A final RFP is scheduled for release in March, with this to require the companies to submit final bids. A decision is expected in late 2011 or early 2012... Read more

US Navy renews H-60 logistics program with $1.4B follow-on contract

US Navy renews H-60 logistics program with $1.4B follow-on contract

21-Jan-2011Source: Sikorsky

Washington, D.C. – The Maritime Helicopter Support Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. [NYSE: UTX], has received a $1.4 billion firm fixed price contract from the U.S. Navy to continue providing performance-based logistics support for more than 490 in-service H-60 SEAHAWK® helicopters.... Read more

LockMart receives $360M to support US Navy MH-60R fleet

LockMart receives $360M to support US Navy MH-60R fleet

12-Jan-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Washington, January 12th, 2011 — The U.S. Navy demonstrated its continued commitment to keeping its MH-60R Seahawk helicopter fleet at the forefront of anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, awarding Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a variety of production and development contracts totaling $360 million. The end-of-year awards cover a spectrum of systems aboard the MH-60R, built by... Read more

LockMart awarded $72M contract for MH-60R/MH-60S cockpits

LockMart awarded $72M contract for MH-60R/MH-60S cockpits

6-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $72,618,815 advance acquisition contract for long lead materials and support associated with the manufacture and delivery of 24 mission avionics systems and common cockpits for the Lot 10 MH-60R helicopters and 18 common cockpits for the Lot 14 MH-60S helicopters.  In addition, this... Read more

LockMart awarded $34M to install ARPDD radar upgrades to six MH-60R and MH-60S

LockMart awarded $34M to install ARPDD radar upgrades to six MH-60R and MH-60S

5-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $33,634,968 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0098) to incorporate the automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination (known as ARPDD, Ed) radar into six MH-60R/MH-60S full rate production aircraft.  Work will be performed in Farmingdale, N.Y. (86 percent), and Owego, N.Y. (14... Read more

LockMart awarded $38M work for MH-60R and MH-60S cockpits

LockMart awarded $38M work for MH-60R and MH-60S cockpits

4-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $37,692,857 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0098) for the production and delivery of common cockpits for the MH-60S Lot 13 helicopters and MH-60R Lot 9 helicopters.  In addition, this modification provides for the procurement of common cockpit provisioned items and integrated... Read more

LockMart awarded $35M delivery order for MH-60R work

LockMart awarded $35M delivery order for MH-60R work

22-Dec-2010Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $35,040,005 cost-plus-incentive-fee delivery order #4030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for non-recurring efforts in support of the MH-60R situational awareness technology insertion pre-engineering, manufacturing and development.  Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y. (86 percent); Farmingdale, N.Y. (11 percent); and... Read more

Longbow LLC delivers 400th Longbow fire control radar to US Army

Longbow LLC delivers 400th Longbow fire control radar to US Army

20-Dec-2010Source: Longbow LLC

ORLANDO, FL, December 16th, 2010 — The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], marked the delivery of the 400th LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) at a ceremony held today at a Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, FL. The combat-proven LONGBOW FCR is fielded with... Read more

LockMart awarded $48M contract for Apache night vision sensors

LockMart awarded $48M contract for Apache night vision sensors

20-Dec-2010Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Dec. 15 a $48,766,679 firm-fixed-price contract.  This award will provide logistical support for the AH-64 Apache modernized and legacy target acquisition designation sight assembly and pilot night vision sensor assembly system.  This includes repair and maintenance of line replaceable units and line replaceable modules to support the... Read more

US Navy Awards $45.8M to ready unmanned K-MAX for deployment

US Navy Awards $45.8M to ready unmanned K-MAX for deployment

11-Dec-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Washington, December 10th, 2010 — The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Kaman Aerospace [NASDAQ GS: KAMN] a $45.8 million contract for K-MAX® unmanned aircraft systems for a U.S. Marine Corps evaluation of unmanned cargo resupply in an operational forward deployed environment. “The K-MAX UAS was specifically designed for the... Read more

Longbow LLC awarded $26M for Apache Longbow fire control radar support

Longbow LLC awarded $26M for Apache Longbow fire control radar support

7-Dec-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, FL, December 6th, 2010 — The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], has received a $26.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) Life Cycle Contractor Support. The follow-on contract includes integrated logistics for... Read more

Lockheed Martin’s JAGM missile hits target from 6KM

Lockheed Martin’s JAGM missile hits target from 6KM

23-Nov-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin scored a hit on a main battle tank at sixkilometers in a company-funded, multiple-mission firing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). The complex flight test at White Sands Missile Range, NM, demonstrated the ability of the imaging infrared (I2R) sensor in the missile’s cooled tri-mode seeker to lock on before launch at extended... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $22M support contract for AH-64 fire control radar system

Lockheed Martin awarded $22M support contract for AH-64 fire control radar system

22-Nov-2010Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Electronics and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded in Nov. 12 a $22,855,083 firm-fixed-price contract for life cycle contractor support, which includes management and logistics functions for the fire control radar system on all government Apache AH-64D helicopters. This requirement is comprised of depot repair, replenishment spares, spares and/or repair parts, sustainment /engineering... Read more

LockMart starts to integrate Joint Tactical Radio into AH-64D

LockMart starts to integrate Joint Tactical Radio into AH-64D

28-Oct-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Military users from the Army, Air Force and Navy will be one step closer to realizing secure Internet Protocol based networking as the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) team begins integration activities of its Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) with the AH-64D Longbow Apache helicopter. This marks the first time an... Read more

First flight of Merlin Mk2 signifies major milestone

First flight of Merlin Mk2 signifies major milestone

26-Oct-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin UK – Integrated Systems and strategic partner, AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced today that MCSP01, the first upgraded Royal Navy Merlin Mk2 helicopter has performed a successful maiden flight at the AgustaWestland facility in Yeovil. The 35 minute first flight went as planned and the initial flight test phase will focus on testing... Read more

Lockheed Martin submits proposal for cargo UAS services request

Lockheed Martin submits proposal for cargo UAS services request

22-Oct-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq: KAMN), have formally offered the K-MAX® unmanned helicopter in response to a U.S. Naval Air Systems Command request for a cargo unmanned aircraft system. Earlier this year, the unmanned K-MAX system successfully demonstrated its ability to resupply troops in a simulated... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $10M contract for MH-60 test equipment

Lockheed Martin awarded $10M contract for MH-60 test equipment

15-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $9,979,815 firm-fixed-price contract for specialized test equipment required to perform depot-level repairs to the MH-60 common cockpit avionics suite, including artisan training, two operator control panels, and one universal power supply tester. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to... Read more

Sikorsky and LockMart launch MH-60R microsite

Sikorsky and LockMart launch MH-60R microsite

6-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin have launched a microsite specifically for the MH-60R helicopter. [For those unfamiliar with the techical terminology, a microsite is a self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website, and with its own distinctive website address]. In this case the website can be found at www.mh-60.com. This is... Read more

Lockheed Martin names new head of Corporate Strategy And Business Development

Lockheed Martin names new head of Corporate Strategy And Business Development

24-Sep-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Board of Directors today named Patrick M. Dewar, 49, as the corporation’s new senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, effective Oct. 1. Dewar, who currently serves as Lockheed Martin’s International Business Development vice president, succeeds Robert H. Trice, 64, who has announced plans to retire in February. “Pat’s broad... Read more

Lockheed Martin receives $10M to migrate MH-60s to the Joint Mission Planning System

Lockheed Martin receives $10M to migrate MH-60s to the Joint Mission Planning System

22-Sep-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $10 million contract to develop software that will enable MH-60R and MH-60S multi-mission helicopter aircrews the latest technology to pre-plan their missions for maximum success. The U.S. military’s Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) was developed by the U.S. Navy and Air Force based on a commercial-off-the-shelf... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers IP tactical comms Radio to AH-64D Integration Laboratory

Lockheed Martin delivers IP tactical comms Radio to AH-64D Integration Laboratory

21-Sep-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

A developmental radio for a revolutionary Internet-Protocol tactical communications network has been delivered ahead of schedule to the U.S. Army AH-64D Integration Team. The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team delivered a preliminary engineering development model radio with essential Link-16 functionality to the Airborne and Maritime Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) Program Office.... Read more

Lockheed Martin wins $260M M-TADS/PNVS “Arrowhead” production contract

Lockheed Martin wins $260M M-TADS/PNVS “Arrowhead” production contract

18-Aug-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead®, for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The Lot 7 contract includes M-TADS/PNVS systems as well as Arrowhead kits, plus spares, for delivery to U.S.... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers Topscene tactical terrain visualization system to the UK

Lockheed Martin delivers Topscene tactical terrain visualization system to the UK

16-Aug-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently delivered the TOPSCENE® Tactical Terrain Visualization System, a mission planning and rehearsal software package, to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) in support of operations in Afghanistan. U.K. helicopter forces based at RAF Odiham will use TOPSCENE® to perform mission rehearsal with greater realism than is possible with their... Read more

LockMart joins Sikorsky to pursue USAF HH-60 Recap program

LockMart joins Sikorsky to pursue USAF HH-60 Recap program

17-Jul-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) will compete jointly for the contract to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of combat search and rescue helicopters. The two companies signed a teaming agreement formalizing their intent to offer an advanced version of Sikorsky’s UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $59M over VH-71 cancellation

Lockheed Martin awarded $59M over VH-71 cancellation

22-Jun-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y. is being awarded a $58,590,309 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee VH-71 System Development and Demonstration contract (N00019-05-C-0030), which was terminated for the convenience of the government.  This modification provides funding for post termination related expenses, including, but not limited to, the physical inventory of contractor... Read more

Lockheed Martin Receives $44M USMC AH-1Z Targeting System Production Contract

Lockheed Martin Receives $44M USMC AH-1Z Targeting System Production Contract

22-Jun-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, FL, June 21st, 2010 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $44 million follow-on production contract for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra. The agreement authorizes production of 18 additional units. “I am confident that TSS is exactly... Read more

ATK Awarded $32M Contracts to Produce Hellfire II Rocket Motors and Warheads

ATK Awarded $32M Contracts to Produce Hellfire II Rocket Motors and Warheads

30-Apr-2010Source: ATK

Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received follow-on production contracts valued at $32 million to produce rocket motors and warheads for the precision-strike laser-guided HELLFIRE® II missile.  ATK will manufacture approximately 7,100 rocket motors and 2,200 metal augmented charge (MAC) warheads at its manufacturing facility in Rocket Center, West Virginia.  The contracts were awarded by Lockheed... Read more

Lockheed Martin gets in bed with Sikorsky for VXX Presidential Helicopter Program

Lockheed Martin gets in bed with Sikorsky for VXX Presidential Helicopter Program

20-Apr-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) today announced the signing of a teaming agreement to compete jointly for the U.S. Navy’s revived VXX Presidential Helicopter program. The agreement formally positions global helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky as the prime contractor offering its H-92â„¢ medium-lift helicopter for the presidential transport... Read more

LockMart’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Completes Limited Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Testing

LockMart’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Completes Limited Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Testing

14-Apr-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) team has successfully completed an extensive series of static, tower-based and captive-carry flight tests of its tri-mode seeker in a limited dirty battlefield/countermeasure rich environment at Redstone Arsenal, AL. The tests successfully validated the capability and technological maturity of the Lockheed Martin tri-mode seeker, a critical element... Read more

Lockheed Martin’s DAGR Guided Rocket Fires Successfully From Kiowa Warrior

Lockheed Martin’s DAGR Guided Rocket Fires Successfully From Kiowa Warrior

7-Apr-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] hit the target in two tests featuring DAGR guided rockets launched from an airborne OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. This is the fourth aircraft DAGR has fired from in the past year—prior platforms include the AH-64D Apache and the AH-6 Little Bird. Two DAGRs were launched from the OH-58D Kiowa in airborne... Read more

Lockheed Martin Awarded Arizona AH-64 Support Center Contract for M-TADS/PNVS

Lockheed Martin Awarded Arizona AH-64 Support Center Contract for M-TADS/PNVS

12-Mar-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64 Apache helicopter at the Arizona Support Center (ASC). The contract has a potential value of $36.8 million for the next three years. Located in Gilbert, AZ, the... Read more

Lockheed Martin Awarded Apache M-TADS/PNVS Performance Based Logistics Follow-On Contract

Lockheed Martin Awarded Apache M-TADS/PNVS Performance Based Logistics Follow-On Contract

24-Feb-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The contract has a potential value of $90 million for 2010. This is the third option for the original... Read more

Longbow LLC Awarded $86M to Support and Sustain UK Apaches

Longbow LLC Awarded $86M to Support and Sustain UK Apaches

24-Feb-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), was recently awarded an $86 million contract from AgustaWestland to support LONGBOW FCR systems on the United Kingdom Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft. “The LONGBOW FCR is an essential element of U.K. Apache operations in Afghanistan,” said Jerry Garman, LONGBOW... Read more

Lockheed Martin Delivers 50th Fully Missionized MH-60R to the US Navy

Lockheed Martin Delivers 50th Fully Missionized MH-60R to the US Navy

10-Feb-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Following HeliHub.com running this story on 4th February, here is the full press release from Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has formally delivered the 50th MH-60R helicopter, fully equipped for its mission to protect the U.S. Navy fleet from hostile submarines and surface ships. The newest member of the SEAHAWK® family of maritime helicopters is... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers 50th MH-60R

Lockheed Martin delivers 50th MH-60R

4-Feb-2010Source: WBNG

Hundreds of Lockheed Martin Owego employees came together to say goodbye to this MH-60 R helicopter.... Read more

Lockheed Martin names new VP Communications

Lockheed Martin names new VP Communications

14-Dec-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics named Joseph LaMarca, Jr., as VP Communications effective Jan. 4, 2010. “With more than 25 years of experience in communications and management, Joe brings a wealth of talent and leadership expertise to his new position,” said Ralph Heath, executive VP, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.... Read more

Lockheed Martin Receives $14.75M Award to Integrate Ku Band Messaging Interface with the MH-60R

Lockheed Martin Receives $14.75M Award to Integrate Ku Band Messaging Interface with the MH-60R

10-Dec-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin has received a $14.75 million U.S. Navy contract to integrate a digital messaging interface that will improve the flow of data the MH-60R anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopter can send to U.S. Navy ships across the new Ku band tactical data link.... Read more

Telephonics Awarded Contract from Lockheed Martin for US Navy Multi-Mission Helicopter Communication Systems

Telephonics Awarded Contract from Lockheed Martin for US Navy Multi-Mission Helicopter Communication Systems

2-Dec-2009Source: Telephonics

Telephonics announced that its Communication Systems Division has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to manufacture support systems for U.S. Navy helicopters.  The equipment supplied under the $6.9M contract will be delivered in early 2011.... Read more

Lockheed Martin and Terma sign MoU for the Maritime Helicopter opportunity in Denmark

Lockheed Martin and Terma sign MoU for the Maritime Helicopter opportunity in Denmark

8-Sep-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin and Danish aerospace and defense company Terma A/S today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities associated with the potential sale of the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R multimission helicopter to the Danish Government.... Read more

Team K-MAX Receives US Marine Corps Contract To Demonstrate Unmanned Cargo Delivery

Team K-MAX Receives US Marine Corps Contract To Demonstrate Unmanned Cargo Delivery

13-Aug-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

Kaman Aerospace Corporation has received a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps on behalf of Team K-MAX to demonstrate the ability of the Unmanned K-MAX® helicopter to deliver cargo to troops in extreme environments and at high altitudes. Kaman will award a subcontract to Lockheed Martin to integrate a beyond line of sight data link... Read more

Lockheed Martin Awarded $142M Arrowhead Production Contract

Lockheed Martin Awarded $142M Arrowhead Production Contract

28-Jul-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $142 million follow-on production contract for the Apache Arrowhead system, the combat-proven, Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.... Read more

Lockheed Martin Agrees To Acquire Gyrocam Systems

Lockheed Martin Agrees To Acquire Gyrocam Systems

23-Jul-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

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Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin will team to pursue Army scout helicopter

Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin will team to pursue Army scout helicopter

4-May-2009Source: Eurocopter

EADS North America announced that it has assembled a world-class industry team comprised of Lockheed Martin and American Eurocopter that will offer a new armed scout helicopter solution to the U.S. Army — the Armed Scout 645.... Read more

Lockheed Martin announces 225 Owego layoffs

Lockheed Martin announces 225 Owego layoffs

28-Apr-2009Source: Daily Review

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