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The decision leaves the Lockheed Martin F-35A Block 4 and Saab Gripen E in the competition for the Future Fighter Capability contract.

The F-35 Mission Rehearsal Trainer-Lightning Integrated Training Environment (MRT LITE) is about one-eighth the size of the full-mission simulator.

Switzerland has put contracts in place in place for its Lockheed Martin F-35 procurement, but the price tag is almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) higher than when the type was selected.

A NASA spacecraft has begun a 12-year, 4 billion-mi. mission to explore an unusual population of asteroids that became locked in Jupiter’s orbit during the early days of the Solar System’s formation.

BAE Systems and MBDA have been contracted to finalize te development and integration of the Meteor BVOS AAM and Spear 3 onto the JSF.

Air Force expects to demonstrate amphibious takeoff-and-landing capability for MC-130J Commando II in less than 1.5 years.

NASA has awarded five companies $146 million in contracts to develop and evaluate lunar Human Landing System concepts beyond the planned Artemis III landing.

Finland’s HX fighter contest is on track for a selection before the year-end, the program director for the procurement has said.

Leonardo and Babcock have formally team to combine their offers to provide Canada’s Future Aircrew Training program.

The ER GMLRS is designed to more than double the 70 km.-range of the baseline GMLRS, but the first flight met test objectives with an 80 km. flight.

The pair of F-117As seen over Southern California are believed to be two of the cadre of four stealth aircraft resurrected from a small number that have been retained in flyable storage.

Lockheed Martin is to use a launcher provided by ABL Space Systems for its planned Pathfinder launch from the UK.

Lockheed Martin CEO and president Jim Taiclet will complete his leadership takeover of the Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales with the additional role of becoming chairman of the board of directors effective March 1.

The agreement on the all-cash transaction includes a $5 per share, pre-closing special dividends to Aerojet’s shareholders, reducing the post-dividend value of the deal to $4.6 billion.

A Japanese minister charged with improving efficiency will hold a public review of the F-X program for a new Japanese fighter on Nov. 14.

Two U.S. Army missile programs led by Lockheed Martin are set to enter another round of critical flight tests.

The combined 40-ft.-plus structure includes the Blue Origin lander and the Lockheed Martin ascent module that is expected to house NASA’s Artemis astronaut crews during their initial, weeklong lunar sorties.

The F-35A’s onboard sensor fusion prevents the Air Force right now from widely implementing a live, virtual and constructed training format, a top US Air Force commander says.

The $4.94 billion deal confirms a long-awaited order to deliver 66 of the GE Aviation F110-powered F-16s for Taiwan and about 25 Pratt & Whitney F100-powered F-16s for Morocco. The US government approved export packages for both aircraft in 2019.

The F-16 Block 70/72 contract to be awarded on August 14 will use an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity format. As each foreign buyer signs an order, the Air Force will sign a task order under the ID/IQ contract to Lockheed, rather than renegotiating pricing for every foreign customer.

In what might be a rare reference to the Lockheed Martin AIM-260 program, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) slipped an authorization into the

U.S. defense prime contractors and aerospace OEMs will sell their 20-year-old industry consultancy Exostar to private equity buyer Thoma Bravo

As the U.S. Defense Department prioritizes great power competition, demand for the Raptor fleet as the Air Force’s “silver bullet” air dominance force has never been greater.

The U.S. Air Force has kicked off the integration phase of the Skyborg unmanned air system (UAS) program, with several contract awards worth up to

The world’s largest defense contractor has issued another round of accelerated progress payments to its supply chain.