Lockheed Martin has received a $94.21 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to support the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile segments of the U.S. military and foreign armed forces. The company will perform PAC-3 support work in Orlando, Florida, and various countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East through Nov. 30, 2024, the Department […] More

Lockheed Martin has compleyed a system-level critical design review for a new space-based missile warning satellite system it develops under a U.S. Space Force program. The Maryland-based aerospace company said Tuesday the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 program will include three satellites that will work to provide enhanced warning capabilities […] More

The defense industry is a big global market, generating multi-billion contracts from the federal sector, foreign governments, and international customers. As the United States government is the single largest customer of goods and services, American companies top the list of the largest defense contractors in the world, supplying industry-leading weapons, electronic systems, and data analytics. […] More

On Wednesday, Byron Bright, president of government services for KBR and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, participated in the National Security Space Association Annual Update panel with other highly esteemed executives during Baird’s 2021 Government & Defense Conference. Baird’s fourth annual Government & Defense Conference presented industry executives, government leaders and capital providers with a platform to […] More

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Keysight Technologies to work on a 5G testbed meant to assess the fifth generation broadband connectivity’s potential applications in aerospace and defense communications. As part of the collaboration, Keysight Technologies will provide its automated mobile network test and optimization tools to help advance the capabilities of Lockheed’s 5G.MIL testbed to […] More

Reports emerged that China allegedly performed a test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle in August and Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of nonprofit think tank Lexington Institute, said the development presents an opportunity for U.S. companies to develop defenses against hypersonic weapons, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Thompson said the need for missile […] More

Kristine Martin Anderson, executive vice president and head of civil business at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the company will continue to deliver on existing contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs and scale up using Liberty IT Solutions’ advancements in application program interface development and low code-no code platforms, FedScoop reported Friday. Martin Anderson said […] More

Lockheed Martin and Israel Aerospace Industries are looking into prospective research, production and marketing opportunities under a memorandum of understanding for collaborative development of integrated air and missile defense systems.  The new partnership will create an executive steering committee and groups designated to oversee the coordination and implementation of the agreement, IAI announced Tuesday.  “Combining […] More

Liz Martin, Department of Defense director at Amazon Web Services, said the U.S. Navy has deployed a DevSecOps environment – Overmatch Software Armory – in the AWS Secret Region to speed up the delivery of new capabilities to sailors and Marines. The OSA cloud-enabled environment developed by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific complies with Impact […] More

Gerrit Burke, former business development lead for enterprise information technology and cybersecurity at Dynetics, has been appointed director of MartinFederal Consulting‘s engineering and technical solutions group. Burke has more than one decade of experience supporting multiple defense software development and engineering projects in the defense sector, MartinFederal said Monday. His work included support for customers […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Stephanie Hill, executive vice president of rotary and mission systems for Lockheed Martin, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for leading the business segment as it continues to secure multimillion dollar contracts from the U.S. military for missile delivery, update and support services.

More

Jim Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, has received the first Wash100 Award of his long federal career for sustaining company growth through acquisition deals and contract wins, promoting support to supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and advancing military technology and 5G. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Jim Taiclet as the most significant executive of consequence to the GovCon sector. 

More