Lockheed Martin

Alex Krutz
More companies are likely to need a strong focus on operations to execute challenging business initiatives.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
Led by SpaceX, the number of orbital launch attempts last year rose by 20% over 2022.
Space

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
As the first U.S. hypersonic weapons enter service, defense officials are searching for new ideas for high-speed propulsion and to dramatically reduce prices.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
From new fighters to launchers, airline production ramps to air taxi certifications, 2024 will be a busy year.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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Forecasts, snapshots and military aircraft to watch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
If 2023 is any indication, 2024 could be a yearlong Festivus in the supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
A potential mandatory cut in addition to ongoing continuing resolutions have military officials blasting congressional inaction on Pentagon plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Precision Strike Missile to the Army after qualification testing in November from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.
Check 6

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

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin plans to launch to space a wideband electronically steerable antenna.
Space

By Garrett Reim
SSC has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.2 million contract to prototype missile typing and characterizing algorithms for overhead persistent infrared satellites.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Weak, angled signals from global navigation satellite system satellites are spawning new applications.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider attacked a vehicle with Iranian-backed militia fighters Nov. 21 after the gunship linked them to the launch of a missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The award by the innovation arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory supports testing of the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System and a hydrogen fuel cell.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Michael Bruno
Launcher manufacturer Rocket Lab is taking over the historic Middle River, Maryland, factory that Lockheed Martin is exiting.
Space

By Garrett Reim
X-Bow Systems, a startup that 3D prints solid rocket motors and propellants, has closed an “interim funding round” led by Lockheed Martin Ventures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
How much has GPS boosted U.S. businesses? The answer is astronomical.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Over 50 years, GPS has evolved and inspired the development of similar systems by other nations.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Firefly Aerospace’s valuation has reached $1.5 billion following the conclusion of another tranche of financing in its Series C round.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin sees NEP systems as a crucial stepping stone for efficient spacecraft maneuvers in cislunar and deep space.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin is wrapping up its initial tests of the first Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Some 30 Sikorsky S-92s serving the oil and gas industry are grounded worldwide while they await replacement of main gearboxes.
Maintenance & Training