Lockheed Martin to Make $17 Billion-Worth of New Ballistic Missile Interceptors
16 Apr 2024, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American Missile Defense Agency awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin the contract to make the Next Generation Interceptor
Special Radar for the Aegis Combat System Can Live-Track Objects in Space
7 Apr 2024, 14:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced the completion of a successful first live track AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar test for the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)
U.S. Test Fires Four of the Deadliest Anti-Ship Weapons Around in a Single Go
5 Apr 2024, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy test fired four Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) at the same time.
America Arming Itself with $4.5 Billion Worth of Brand New Attack Helicopter Missiles
2 Apr 2024, 10:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army orders an additional $483 million worth of Hellfire and JAGM missiles, bringing the total value of the contract to $4.5 billion
U.S. Navy Fires Missile to Shoot Down Its Own Ballistic Missile During Test in Hawaii
1 Apr 2024, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy and a number of three defense contractors tested the Aegis Weapons system and the SM-6 missile against a ballistic threat in Hawaii
U.S. Army Fires HIMARS-Loaded Extended-Range Rocket at Target in New Mexico
12 Mar 2024, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin conducted yet another test of the Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System.
Skunk Works' Windowless Experimental Airplane Looks Like an Alien Fightercraft
15 Jan 2024, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin and NASA unveiled at the end of last week the X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft, and it is one weird-looking bird
U.S. Navy Hoists a Seahawk Helicopter in a Hangar to See If It Can Beat Anti-Ship Missiles
13 Dec 2023, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy test for the first time the Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare on a Seahawk helicopter
This Is How Fearsome the AH-64 Apache Looks Firing Brand New Missile Over U.S. Soil
11 Dec 2023, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced it has completed a new test fire effort for the Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile, Apache helos to use it from 2024
U.S. Tests Missile Seeker System That Won't Let Go of Its Target No Matter What
7 Dec 2023, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin said it tested the MR variant of the JAGM missile that can lock onto a target even when there's multiple choices in the field
Arleigh Burke Destroyer Fires Aegis at Multiple Targets for the First Time
31 Oct 2023, 09:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin used the USS Carl M Levin (DDG 120) destroyer to test new capabilities for the Aegis weapon system.
Lockheed Martin's NGI Missile Defense System is Bonkers, Passes "Major Design Milestone"
16 Oct 2023, 16:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As the NGI program continues to make leaps and strides in development, an entire network of logistics manufacturing sub-systems stands at the ready.
U.S. Readying Huge Lasers to Fight Off UAVs, Rockets and Even Mortars
12 Oct 2023, 06:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contrator Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to deliver up to four 300 kW-class defensive lasers to the U.S. Army
U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane Gets New Computer and Displays, Flies Them for the First Time
27 Sep 2023, 07:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin announced the first test flight of a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane equipped with the Avionics Tech Refresh (ATR) upgrades
HIMARS-Fired Lockheed Rocket Doubles the Range of America's Mighty Punch
1 Sep 2023, 15:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced the completion of a new series of tests of the Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
Lockheed Martin's DRACO Nuclear Spacecraft Will Be Insane, Set To Orbit By 2027
2 Aug 2023, 17:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Reducing transit time is vital for human missions to Mars to limit a crew's exposure to radiation," declared Kirk Shireman.
NASA Moves Supersonic Test Plane in Position for Ground Trials, Flights to Come Soon After
6 Jul 2023, 08:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and Lockheed Martin move the X-59 QueSST supersonic test aircraft to the flight line, they're getting ready to start ground tests
America's Next-Gen Aerial Tanker Will Be Powered by General Electric Engines
7 Jun 2023, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin announced this week it decided which of the available engines will power America's next aerial tanker, the LMXT
U.S. Navy Getting Hypersonic Strike Capability, Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Front and Center
20 Feb 2023, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy selected Lockheed Martin to supply hypersonic weapons system for the Zumwalt-class destroyers, they should become operational in 2025
AI Smarter Than Google’s Bard Flies Modified F-16 Fighting Falcon Aircraft for Hours
14 Feb 2023, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced a test flight that marked the first time AI engaged on a tactical aircraft, more to follow this year