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…
Australia will start manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) All Up Rounds and Launch Pod Containers this month after the opening of a new factory near Defence’s Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield, South Australia. Lockheed Martin Australia…
On a recent visit to Anduril Industries’ HQ in Costa Mesa, California, the company’s co-founder Palmer Luckey made a very important point: if you want to build something in large numbers, you need to tailor it to the capabilities of…
The governments of Australia and the United States and Defence prime contractor Lockheed Martin havesigned a Joint Statement of Intent on co-production of guided weapons. The two governments have also opened a new joint office in Huntsville, Alabama, to enhance…
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…
The Australian Government has taken the next step towards increasing the ADF’s long-range strike capabilities and supporting domestic defence industry with the establishment of a new cooperative program with the United States for the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) which has…
The Australian Army has taken delivery of its first two of a planned 42 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HiMARS) launcher vehicles, less than two years after the purchase was announced. Defence will spend $1.6 billion to equip the Army’s…
Defence has confirmed it will select from two contenders to equip the Australian Army with a land-based maritime strike capability under Project LAND8113 Ph.2. It has said this will result in the Army fielding a second long-range fires regiment. Defence…
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) Increment 1 to the US Army, providing long-range precision fires capability and achieving a major modernization milestone. Initial deliveries followed a successful production qualification test at White Sands Missile Range,…
The Australian Government is investing more than $1.7 billion in three new classes of weapon for the ADF, and a further $1.6 billion in HiMARS launchers. Missiles, including the PrSM hypersonic weapons to be launched from the HiMARS system, will…