Lockheed Martin

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Maintaining NOAA’s ‘Hurricane Hunter’ aircraft requires advance planning, frequent inspections and some very unique travel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The unprofitable, classified program at the company’s Missiles and Fire Control division appears set to enter production soon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman on April 3 outlined its full team of subcontractors for its U.S. Navy E-XX Take-Charge-and-Move-Out (Tacamo) offer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin Australia’s consortium was selected for JP9102 phase 1 ahead of bids led by Airbus, Boeing Australia, Northrop Grumman Australia and Optus.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
The launch marks the start of the military's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Bahrain has been approved to receive second-hand Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters, on top of recent deliveries of new-model AH-1Z Vipers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Japan’s Yamato Holdings has invested in Regent to expand the market for its wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to include parcel delivery and logistics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The awards come nearly seven months after the U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) operational prototyping program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Lockheed Martin is self-funding an offshoot to provide communications, navigation and other services for government and commercial lunar customers.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The Army has a requirement for a new missile with a range over 1,000 km. that can still be fired from existing mobile launchers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

By Tony Osborne
Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested in electric seaglider startup Regent to speed up the development of a military variant of the company’s aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 request includes an increase in procurement and research and looks to cut the current fleet to pay for it.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is fitting the SPY-7 Aegis Ashore radar on to two destroyers after public concerns of SM-3 missile boosters falling over populated areas.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
After a five-year production hiatus, the company now has a backlog of orders for the fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Shield AI and Boeing have agreed to explore ways to deepen an existing relationship by working to introduce artificial intelligence pilots on combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Officials call for clean-sheet designs, saying commercial-derivative refuelers are not survivable.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Space Force has selected four startups to reactivate idled launch complexes at Cape Canaveral.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Advanced battery producer American Lithium Energy has secured $13.2 million in funding to expand its U.S.-based manufacturing capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA selected GA-ASI in March 2022 to advance to the next phase of the project in March 2022, but a year passed before the manufacturer announced the news.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A plan emerges to establish weapons-making capacity in Australia, starting with perhaps a new production order for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a directive recommending that all Pratt & Whitney F135 engines be retrofitted within 90 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The satellites are to be part of the U.S. Space Force’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Space

By Michael Bruno
The company said there was no timetable, and it may not comment again unless or until its board of directors approves a deal.
Supply Chain