Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia and Brisbane-based Rheinmetall Defence Australia are collaborating to explore a potential Australian‑based sustainment model for Lockheed Martin’s M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) launchers. The Australian Army has ordered 42 HiMARS wheeled launchers which will equip…
Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia’s Global Supply Chain (GSC) Program has surpassed $225 million in export contracts awarded to Australian industry partners. This milestone strengthens Australia’s sovereign defence capabilities and increases the resilience of its global supply chains, the company said…
Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia has signed a Teaming Agreement with Avalon Airport Australia in Geelong to lease a facility, owned by the Airport, to store essential equipment required for the domestic assembly of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) munitions. This…
Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia and Geoscience Australia have successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) system. The SouthPAN initiative delivers a signal augmenting GPS and Galileo over the Australasia region, improving accuracy from…
South East Queensland’s Swartz Barracks at Oakey is once again home to part of the Australian Army’s Black Hawk helicopter fleet. Three of the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters have been transferred to the Army Aviation Training Centre in Oakey, near…
Defence has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for SPA9102 (Narrowband Satellite Communications). The closing date for the RFI is 11 August and an industry briefing is scheduled for 10 July. Defence says it is looking for a single, sovereign…
The Adelaide-based Defence Trailblazer has launched Australia’s first suite of credit-ready Combat Systems Engineering Micro-credentials. Under Defence Trailblazer’s Industry Upskilling Program, the micro-credentials were co-developed with the University of Adelaide, the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and Lockheed Martin Australia.…
Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia delivered the first ‘drop’ of operational capability for Project AIR6500 Ph2A - Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) in late-December, as planned, to Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) in Canberra. The Material Release 1…
Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia has been awarded a contract extension until the end of 2025 to continue sustaining the Aegis Combat System in the Royal Australian Navy’s Hobart-class guided missile destroyers. Although Defence and the company haven’t disclosed a figure,…
Lockheed Martin Australia, in partnership with Thales Australia, has conducted the successful test detonation of four locally designed warheads at the government-owned Mulwala munitions facility in NSW. It’s understood that these included Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, relevant…