Lockheed Martin

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor won’t rule out pursuing the Starlab commercial low-Earth-orbit space station without NASA backing.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Lockheed Martin is joining an existing partnership between Firefly Aerospace and Seagate Space Corp. to explore offshore launch capabilities, a senior company executive announced May 4.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israel has given the green light for the procurement of additional Lockheed Martin F-35s and Boeing F-15IAs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army on April 30 released a 3 1/2-year schedule for reselecting a supplier for the Precision Strike Missile (PRSM) Increment 4 program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Lockheed is planning self-funded demonstration flights to show not only technical capability for rendezvous and proximity operations, but also the ability to do so “at scale."
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. plans to spend about $15.6 billion on development and production of the Lockheed Martin AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile, documents show.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Australia approved a follow-on acquisition of Lockheed Martin Himars and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), expanding land-based long-range strike capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Trump administration’s first long-range spending plan raises planned outlays for offensive missile procurement sevenfold.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of April 20 - 24, 2026
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has identified the 12 companies currently on contract to develop space-based interceptors ahead of a planned 2028 demonstration.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
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.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The competition to build the U.S. Navy’s next-generation trainer has narrowed.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

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

By Steve Trimble
In a battlespace unrecognizable from when the war began in 2022, Ukraine’s adaptations appear to be outpacing the Russian invaders.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

By Graham Warwick
DLR has begun flying the Proteus, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly with either a reference conventional wing or an experimental morphing wing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Lockheed Martin revealed new details about plans for an “evolved” commercial Orion architecture designed to meet NASA's revamped lunar exploration initiative.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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

By Brian Everstine
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army denies that the stockpile of Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missiles (PRSMs) was exhausted early in the war against Iran.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A long-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile for the U.S. Army will be recompeted.
Missile Defense & Weapons