Lockheed Martin

By Garrett Reim
There are two leading approaches to staying on the Moon and powering through the frigid lunar night: nuclear fission reactors and regenerative fuel cells.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
Vectis takes lessons from sixth-generation fighter and classified uncrewed aircraft systems work.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Skunk Works is taking work it did to compete for the USAF's sixth-gen fighter and applying it to a new stealthy, survivable Collaborative Combat Aircraft design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
With its first Tranche 1 launch complete, the Space Development Agency has begun deploying a regional mesh network to enhance data relay from low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
U.S.-India relations have taken a turn for the worse, raising questions about the endurance of defense cooperation between Washington and New Delhi.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s inaugural batch of tactical data communications satellites Sept. 10.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems are developing a family of autonomous collaborative platforms initially focused on delivering electronic warfare effects.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A project established by Sikorsky and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) could lead to an autonomous helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control received its biggest contract in the segment’s history, a $9.8 billion award from the U.S. Army.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Defense companies are bracing for risk as the Pentagon signals it may require self-funded prototypes for space-based interceptors.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to rush a new interceptor through development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
DARPA confirmed plans on Aug. 26 to launch development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin passed the first hurdle in a competition to supply a long-range missile for U.S. Army infantry units, the company said on Aug. 26.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine is set to start receiving the first long-range, air-launched cruise missiles from the United States by the beginning of next month.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin says it has successfully tested an inverse synthetic aperture radar automatically detecting and tracking maritime targets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
NASA also floated the idea that the nuclear reactor might be contracted as an “end-to-end service” from development, launch, landing to operations on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA is altering plans to issue contracts for the development of commercial low-Earth-orbit successors to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The country placed the foreign military sales order for 12 aircraft in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Global Technical Systems unveiled the unnamed missile in an Aug. 7 post on LinkedIn.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Rheinmetall is in talks with Boeing and Lockheed Martin about potential collaboration on cooperative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
After losing NGAD to Boeing, Lockheed plans to develop the F-35 to fill the gap.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The company is expecting the requirement to go above the current 650 annual rate, having been asked to evaluate numbers as high as 2,000 per year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Lockheed Martin has completed environmental testing for the first of two new missile warning satellites built for the U.S. Space Force, a company official said Aug. 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Joby-L3Harris hybrid eVTOL; low-boom X-59 taxis; Skydweller three-day flight; collaborative autonomy framework.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Thai Air Force has deployed two Saab JAS 39C/D Gripens alongside a pair of Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs to conduct precision air strikes against Cambodian military targets, as armed clashes along the border enter a third day.
Budget, Policy & Operations