Lockheed Martin

Demand for all sorts of missiles—from air defense interceptors to deep-strike weapons—is starting to flow through to the earnings of major defense companies.

Raytheon Missiles and Defense has been awarded a $213,387,048 contract modification in support of Zumwalt-class mission systems and mission system equipment.

The U.S. Space Force has identified the 12 companies currently on contract to develop space-based interceptors ahead of a planned 2028 demonstration.

After the success of Artemis II, Lockheed Martin proposes an upgraded Orion for NASA’s commercial deep-space needs and fast-tracks the next three vehicles.

The competition to build the U.S. Navy’s next-generation trainer has narrowed.

Lockheed Martin encountered development problems with its latest F-16 configuration, denting earnings along with issues on the C-130J Hercules.

In a battlespace unrecognizable from when the war began in 2022, Ukraine’s adaptations appear to be outpacing the Russian invaders.

Lockheed Martin will integrate the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement into the Aegis Combat System under a roughly $200 million contract from the U.S. Navy.

Lockheed Martin is speeding up work to complete the next three Orion spacecraft for NASA’s restructured Artemis lunar program.

DLR has begun flying the Proteus, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly with either a reference conventional wing or an experimental morphing wing.

Lockheed Martin revealed new details about plans for an “evolved” commercial Orion architecture designed to meet NASA's revamped lunar exploration initiative.

Guy Norris of Aviation Week explores the immersive Orion space capsule experience, a standout attraction at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.

Sikorsky says it is now offering production-ready kits for its Black Hawks should the helicopter's customers decide to arm their choppers from the factory.

The U.S. Army denies that the stockpile of Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missiles (PRSMs) was exhausted early in the war against Iran.

A U.S. Army official said a deployed artillery unit exhausted the full inventory of Lockheed Martin PRSM missiles early in the war against Iran last month.

A long-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile for the U.S. Army will be recompeted.

Lockheed Martin received an undefinitized contract for $4.7 billion to kick-start a significant acceleration of production for PAC-3 MSE interceptors.

The U.S. Space Force has picked 14 vendors to build space domain awareness satellites over the next decade for a new constellation in geosynchronous orbit.

Three bidders, including Bell and M1 Support Services, advance to the final phase of the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program, which aims to overhaul rotary-wing training with a new fleet of single-engine turbine helicopters.

After 20 years of development, an Orion spacecraft flies with crew for the first time.

The U.S. State Department has approved Singapore to acquire alternative warhead guided munitions for its Lockheed Martin M142 Himars launchers.

Switzerland says it will continue to withhold foreign military sales (FMS) payments related to the Patriot missile systems ordered by Bern.

The Pentagon on March 25 rolled out another series of agreements with major contractors to increase production of key munitions as the department looks to increase industrial capacity by outlining a clear demand signal for weapons.

Poland’s government has signed offset agreements with Lockheed Martin to enable the servicing of sensors and systems fitted to the country’s AH-64 Apache fleet.

Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.