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Lockheed says furloughs could delay F-35 fighter, other programs

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(Reuters) – The Pentagon’s plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said… Continue reading

Lockheed Martin Launches Redesigned F-35 Website

F-35A EglinFORT WORTH, Texas, May 13, 2013 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced the redesign of www.F35.com, the official website of the F-35 Lightning II. The new design features enhanced functionality and compatibility with a variety of mobile devices while… Continue reading

Israel Aerospace Industries Signs Contract with Lockheed Martin to Produce F-35 Wings

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Joseph Weiss, President and CEO of IAI: “IAI is taking part in assembling some of the most advanced technologies”

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to produce wings for the F-35 fighter. IAI will begin delivering… Continue reading

Ontario Air Cadets Take Flight in Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3D® Simulation Software

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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] provided a visual simulation platform that creates training scenarios across aviation, maritime and ground domains to Breslau’s Cadet Youth Development Centre.

The Prepar3D® simulation platform will encourage youth to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)… Continue reading

Rockwell Collins inks F-22 displays sustainment contract with Lockheed Martin

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Rockwell Collins has been awarded a four-year, $14.3 million contract to provide Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force with sustainment services for cockpit displays on 184 F-22 aircraft.

“This contract continues our strong public-private partnership with the Air Force… Continue reading

Davis-Monthan AFB Receives HC-130J Combat King II

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U.S. Air Force crews ferried a Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., today. Aircraft number
5719 is the ninth of 15 HC-130Js to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin since… Continue reading

Third F-35B For United Kingdom Makes First Flight

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Monday, the third United Kingdom Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35 Lightning II
sped down the runway at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base
embarking on its first flight. The aircraft, known as ZM137, departed at 10:16
a.m. with Lockheed… Continue reading

U.S. Air Force Poised to Launch Nation’s Next Infrared Surveillance Satellite

SBIRS GEO2 encapsulationThe U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are ready to launch the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft on Tuesday, March 19 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force… Continue reading

Lockheed Martin Completes Major GPS III Flight Software Milestone

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The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Position System III satellites has completed a key flight software milestone validating the software’s ability to provide reliable and effective command and control for the GPS… Continue reading

100th F-35 On Lockheed Martin’s Production Line

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Assembly of the 100th Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II is well underway at the F-35 production facility here.

F-35 technicians are in the final phase of building the wings that will be installed on the 100th… Continue reading

Lockheed Martin Receives $755 Million Contract for Production of PAC-3 Missiles

patriot PAC-3Lockheed Martin received a contract totaling $755 million from the
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment program.

The contract includes Fiscal Year 2013 (FY‘13) missile and… Continue reading

F-35B achieves milestone flight

F_35B_completes_1000_sdd_flightsMarine Corps test pilot Maj. C. R. Clift flies BF-1 on a short take off and vertical landing mode mission, Dec. 7.

The flight marked the 1,000th developmental test flight for the F-35B Lightning II in the program’s system development… Continue reading