US defence prime contractor Lockheed Martin has developed a software solution that it says can connect advanced warfighting systems, accelerating the realisation of the US Department of Defense’s vision of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). The company’s self-funded…
US defence prime contractor Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a scaleable, layered defence system designed to detect, track and defeat Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS). The company-funded exercise successfully demonstrated networked detection, tracking and mitigation of Small UASs, says Lockheed Martin.…
Stratford, Connecticut-based Sikorsky has begun ground runs of a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter powered by two GE Aerospace 3,000shp T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE). The initial light off and ground runs were executed by a combined US Army and industry…
US Company Lockheed Martin has delivered the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna for an Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) to the Japan Ministry of Defense for Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD). The delivery was made through Mitsubishi Corporation under a Direct Commercial…
Lockheed Martin and the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), supporting United States Indo-Pacific Command and the Department of Defense (DoD), have successfully demonstrated a live exo-atmospheric intercept of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target using the land-based Aegis Guam System…
Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated its S-band AN/TPQ-53 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) with Anduril Industries' Lattice Command and Control (C2) environment to detect and track Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAVs). The Q-53 MMR, which has a reported maximum range of around 60km,…
Lockheed Martin and Altera, an Intel Company, have completed a successful flight demonstration of the former’s 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12) transceiver utilizing Altera’s Agilex™ 9 Direct RF FPGA (Multi-Chip Package, MCP-2). The project, coined SWIFT (SHIP-enabled Wideband Transceiver Integrated Flight…
Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin has launched an eXtreme Range (ER) variant of its AGM-158 air-launched strike weapon. The AGM-158 XR is effectively now a stand-off Cruise Missile based on existing versions of the weapon – the AGM-158 Joint Air-Surface Stand-off…
The US Navy has installed the world’s first Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), where Air Vehicle Pilots (AVPs) will control future MQ-25 Stingray airborne operations. This major installation was a multi-year effort coordinated…
The US Navy in partnership with Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted a Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) flight test with four missiles simultaneously in flight. During the 12th Integrated Test Event (ITE-12), the US Navy was able to demonstrate the weapon’s inherent…