Lockheed Martin

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
As a first generation of hypersonic weapons in the U.S. nears fielding, the Pentagon has adopted a different set of goals than range and speed for the next.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
URSA MAJOR completes Navy solid rocket motor project... SSC SPACE to support SIEREN’s Fusion-1... L3HARRIS gets $500m MDA IDIQ award...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Robert Wall
A Rheinmetall deal with Lockheed Martin to produce Atacms missile in Europe is starting to gain traction after a year of slow progress.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
LOCKHEED gets F-35 diminishing manufacturing sources order... H.I.G. CAPITAL acquires PFG... NORDSPACE opens Ottawa office...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Tony Osborne
U.S.- and UK-based Ultra—which produces sonars, sonobuoys and radars—will become part of Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and Mission Systems business area.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
An air-launched self-defense weapon for tankers is now under study by four companies selected by the USAF for the first phase of a new acquisition program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
New CEO for RADIUS AEROSPACE... LOCKHEED gets F-35 award for UK, Italy weapons integration... ROCKET ONE regains Nasdaq compliance...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected 41 proposals from 37 companies to advance tech to establish a sustainable human presence at the Moon to prepare for human expeditions to Mars.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
When the U.S. Space Force recently announced it had awarded nine base contracts for one of its marquee new programs, it opted to disclose only one provider: SpaceX.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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

Aviation Week Staff
LOCKHEED gets $8.4b PrSM award... SCORPIUS SPACE LAUNCH tie up with EXOS AEROSPACE.. New COO for CACI INTERNATIONAL...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin unveiled a concept for a hypersonic glide body designed for lower costs and high rates of production on June 24.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
LIG ties up with RHEINMETALL... QUANTUM COMPUTING acquires NHANCED SEMICONDUCTORS... LOCKHEED gets Conventional Prompt Strike award...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Garrett Reim
Divergent Technologies has unveiled a large laser powder bed fusion 3D printer that it developed in-house and plans for a second factory in Long Beach, California.
Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
THALES teams on new MALE drone project... RAYTHEON gets F/A-18 repair order... New VP of product at MATRIXSPACE...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Brian Everstine
The move by Lockheed Martin and General Motors to come together and explore ways to join on expanding defense production capacity was largely done independently of direct Pentagon involvement.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
nLight confirms 1-MW laser demo on track for year-end test as Pentagon eyes transition to production.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed’s printed attack drone; flying on solid-state batteries; Embraer tests hydrogen; and SAF from cow manure.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
LOCKHEED gets $2.3b F-35 sustainment award... HONEYWELL’s board approves spinoff... New CEO for PIAGGIO AEROSPACE...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Guy Norris
NASA’s X-59 Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator achieved Mach 1.4 at 55,000 ft. on June 12.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Robotic arm maker Standard Bots has raised a $200 million Series C round of funding that it plans to use to increase its manufacturing capacity.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has decided not to bid on the U.S. Navy’s next-generation trainer competition, a surprise move by the company that was seen as a favorite.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has revealed a one-way attack drone entirely additively manufactured and robotically assembled by partner Divergent Technologies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
LOCKHEED gets F-35 long-lead FMS F-35 award... DRONE SWARM comms simulated... ELBIT unveils new software-defined radio...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin said June 4 that it completed a final ground test of a U.S. Army surface-to-surface missile project before the government sent a stop-work order.
Missile Defense & Weapons