Lockheed Martin has achieved several major milestones for the U.S. Army’s modernized missile interceptor during a flight test series over White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles worked together with the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System for the first time and completed its […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s precision-strike surface-to-surface missile for the U.S. Army has logged its longest-ever flight that exceeded maximum system thresholds during a test at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Precision Strike Missile fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launcher and flew over the Pacific Ocean for an extended range, Lockheed said Thursday. […] More

A new Lockheed Martin-made missile performed its longest flight to date in a recent demonstration conducted with the U.S. Army in New Mexico, where it flew 248.5 miles. A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launched the Precision Strike Missile to hit a target at White Sands Missile Range, demonstrating long-range precision fire capabilities, Lockheed said Wednesday.

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Brian Dunn, director of strategy and business development for integrated air and missile defense at Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control unit, said he believes that high-power microwave technology has the potential to defend against threats from a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Friday.

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Lockheed Martin has demonstrated 49.7 miles of flight with its new multiple launch rocket system, exhibiting the munition's extended range and achieving test objectives. The company said Thursday the test verified the Extended-Range Guided MLRS's range, flight trajectory and interoperability with the Lockheed-made HIMARS launcher.

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General Atomics' aeronautical systems business demonstrated autonomous sensing capabilities aboard an Avenger remotely piloted aircraft during a 90-minute flight test.

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Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control business has secured a $58.9M contract modification for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-led effort to develop a ground-launched hypersonic booster system that would carry and deliver various weapon payloads. Under the modification, the company will perform risk reduction testing for the Operational Fires program to attain critical design maturity at system-level, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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The Missile Defense Agency intends to award Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control business a sole-source contract to carry out design technical assistance and integration work for a ballistic missile interceptor to meet a foreign military sales requirement from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Two Lockheed Martin officials said the company is working with U.S. military branches to develop directed energy systems to help defend military platforms and troops against various threats, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.

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Lockheed Martin has demonstrated key systems and features of the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the 11th littoral combat ship of the U.S. Navy's Freedom class, during acceptance trials held in Lake Michigan.

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Lockheed Martin completed a captive-carry test of a second hypersonic weapon prototype on the U.S. Air Force's B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft Saturday off the Southern California coast.

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Exquadrum has concluded hot-fire tests of a rocket motor technology being developed with Dynetics to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's efforts to build and demonstrate ground-launched hypersonic weapon system.

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