The U.S. Navy has placed a Lockheed Martin-built littoral combat ship, called USS Indianapolis, in active service.  Indianapolis, or LCS 17, is the service branch's ninth Freedom-class vessel.

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Saab is slated to open a manufacturing facility in West Lafayette, Ind., to support the production of T-X trainer aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, Defense News reported Friday.

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ManTech International has established a research-and-development laboratory at the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Crane Division in Indiana as part of efforts to help the U.S. Navy shore command build weapons systems and cyber warfare platforms.

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HighPoint Global expects to create 60 jobs over the next three years as part of a push to expand operations of its digital subsidiary in Indianapolis, Ind. The company said Thursday it will hire instructional design, project management, systems administration and media development professionals in the coming months to help government clients transform citizen service delivery with digital technology. […] More

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Emerging Sun a contract of an undisclosed value to conduct a research project with the goal of modernizing the Indian Health Service’s information technology systems. HHS said Wednesday Pistis and the Regenstrief Institute will support the multistage effort over the next year as subcontractors to Emerging Sun. The team will work to […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine slated for U.S. Navy commissioning in September. USS Indiana is the 16th Virginia-class submarine HII has built through a partnership with General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary and eighth craft that Newport News Shipbuilding handed over to the service branch, HII said Monday. The industry […] More

Vivek Lall, Lockheed Martin‘s vice president of strategy and business development, told the Press Trust of India in an interview published Wednesday that the global market for the sustainment of F-16s would amount to around $165 billion through the next 30 years. “Many air forces are actively engaging with Lockheed Martin about the prospect of […] More

Harris has secured a potential $15-year, $141 million contract from the Airports Authority of India to help modernize the country’s air traffic management communications system. The company said Thursday it aims to help AAI update network operations and security measures as well as increase the performance, quality and reliability of the Indian ATM infrastructure through the Futuristic Telecommunications Infrastructure […] More

The Defense Department has decided to sell General Atomics-built Predator-B armed  unmanned aerial vehicles to the Indian military,  Hindustan Times reported Tuesday. U.S. and Indian diplomatic officials told the publication that DoD conveyed its decision through government channels. The report said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could bring up the proposed […] More

Lockheed Martin will equip its F-16 aircraft with modern technologies similar to those fitted on F-35 planes as part of the firm’s bid for the $15 billion fighter jet order of the Indian Air Force, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The Md.-based company has also offered to move its F-16 production line to India to compete with […] More

A joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems has opened the first metal-to-metal bonding facility at Adibatla, Hyderabad in India. Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures inaugurated the 4,700 square-meter facility that will support the complex aerostructures manufacturing requirements of Tata Advanced Systems and the Make in India initiative of the country, Lockheed said Wednesday. […] More

A Lockheed Martin-led industry team christened the U.S. Navy‘s 17th Littoral Combat Ship during a ceremony held Saturday at a shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. Sen. Joe Donnelly’s wife Jill broke a champagne bottle across the USS Indianapolis bow as the ship sponsor, Lockheed said Saturday. The next Freedom-variant ship will continue to undergo assembly and test processes at the Fincantieri Marinette […] More