Lockheed Martin‘s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft has captured the first ultraviolet images of solar energetic particle activity and a layer of ozone in Mars’ atmosphere as part of a mission for NASA. The space agency said Tuesday it is currently testing the spacecraft’s instruments ahead of the science mission, which will also study the possible causes of the planet’s loss […] More

The U.S. Army has partnered with Lockheed Martin to modernize an information technology system that works to help military personnel access and exchange multisource intelligence data. Lockheed developed new software for the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System with the goal of helping the service analyze terabytes of intelligence collected from both manned and unmanned platforms, […] More

Lockheed Martin has rolled out a new turret-mounted modular sensor for long-range identification and monitoring of targets. The components of the 15-inch Infirno sensor system can be assembled to suit the requirements of the mission, Lockheed said Monday. The high-definition optical sensors can be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations and are built for […] More

The Energy Department has given Los Alamos National Laboratory the “Star” status under the Voluntary Protection Program, which evaluates DOE contractor measures in employee health and safety. LANL said Wednesday the department also named Bethany Rich, former head of the lab’s VPP Program Office, as a DOE-VPP Champion nominee for her contributions to the program. “Hazards are part of our everyday work and […] More

ViON has unveiled a new cloud service designed to help government and commercial organizations secure information technology infrastructure through on-premise private cloud environments. The ViON on Demand program offers service level agreements for enterprise IT maintenance, upgrade and managed work, ViON said Thursday. Tom Frana, ViON’s CEO, said the company aims for clients to save […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered an initial digital air ground integration range to the U.S. Army‘s program executive office simulation, training and instrumentation at Fort Bliss, Texas. The company demonstrated the range in an arms live fire exercise during the government’s acceptance test, Lockheed said Thursday. “The digital air ground integration range offers more realistic training, helping soldiers, crews and platoons build […] More

A Lockheed Martin division will provide European Aviation with jet engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services both on-site and at facilities in Canada and the U.S. under a four-year exclusive contract. Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions will perform work on 60 CFM56-3 turbofan engines at a European Aviation facility and LMCES sites in Montreal and San Antonio, the company said Tuesday. “We are delighted […] More

Sergio Torres, Edward Jimenez and Ruben Herrera of Lockheed Martin were among those recognized on the sidelines of the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference for their contributions to the engineering community. Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, delivered a speech at the Oct. 3 conference that congratulated the honorees and tackled the significance […] More

NASA has collected evidence that the topography of the Oceanus Procellarum region of the moon believed to be the result of an asteroid impact may have been caused instead by the formation of rift valleys. The agency said Wednesday it used the Lockheed Martin-built Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory to observe the gravity gradients of the moon’s surface and found gravitational anomalies. The GRAIL gravity […] More

A United Launch Alliance rocket has moved to a launch pad in Florida ahead of its December mission to carry the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft for an initial test flight. NASA secured the Delta IV heavy-lift rocket into a vertical launch position on Wednesday at the Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force […] More

The Department of Health and Human Services has respectively awarded $12.9 million and $14.7 million contracts to Alere and InDevR to further develop influenza detection test methods. Alere will work to develop a method to identify a patient infected with influenza virus type A or B based on its iNAT Influenza A&B test, HHS said Wednesday. InDevR will also continue work on its FluChip-8G test to […] More

Dr. Harry Cross, a 35-year health and development policy veteran, has returned to Futures Group as senior technical adviser for the global consulting firm. He will advise the company on healthcare policy development, impact assessment and program design in his new position, Futures Group said Monday. “I look forward to helping our company continuing to […] More