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  • Report: Lockheed to Name Sonar Supplier for Australian Submarine Program in Late 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed to Name Sonar Supplier for Australian Submarine Program in Late 2018

    Lockheed Martin plans to award a contract later this year for the production of sonar equipment that will be integrated into Australia’s future submarines, Defense News reported Friday. The defense contractor’s Australian arm told Defense News that it has issued a request for quote to industry. Australia’s defense department awarded Lockheed Martin Australia a potential $565.7 million contract […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers Initial Deployable Support Facilities for Australian F-35 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers Initial Deployable Support Facilities for Australian F-35 Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered two mobile mission system facilities built to support operations and maintenance of the Royal Australian Air Force’s F-35 aircraft. Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry, said in a statement published Monday the country’s defense force will use the mobile mission system facilities to operate and maintain F-35s while deployed away from the Williamtown […] More

  • Australia Receives 1st Hobart-Class Destroyer With Lockheed’s Aegis System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia Receives 1st Hobart-Class Destroyer With Lockheed’s Aegis System

    Australia’s defense department accepted its first Hobart-class air warfare destroyer equipped with the Lockheed Martin-built Aegis combat system during a ceremony held Friday in Adelaide. Australia has become the sixth allied country to receive a destroyer ship with the Aegis system, Lockheed said Friday. Vince Di Pietro, CEO of Lockheed’s Australian arm, said the company […] More

  • Lockheed to Integrate Combat System on Future Australia Submarine Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Integrate Combat System on Future Australia Submarine Fleet

    Lockheed Martin‘s Australia-based subsidiary has been awarded a contract install combat systems on 12 future ­submarines for that country’s navy, The Australian newspaper reported Friday. Brendan Nicholson writes Lockheed will integrate the combat systems in partnership with Australia’s defense department and France-based company DCNS. DCNS was chosen for the potential $38.7 billion contract in April to help design 12 submarines that will replace Australia’s fleet of Collins-class […] More

  • Lockheed Initiates Aegis Integration Aboard Australian Navy Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Initiates Aegis Integration Aboard Australian Navy Destroyer

    Lockheed Martin‘s test team has begun integration of the Aegis combat system on the Australian navy’s Hobart-class air warfare destroyer. The integrated test team also tested that the Aegis combat system was installed and functional aboard the destroyers, the company said Wednesday. Rob Milligan, surface ships program lead at Lockheed’s Australian arm, said engineers and technicians […] More

  • Lockheed Australian Arm Expands ICT Engineering Hub in Melbourne; Anne Mullins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Australian Arm Expands ICT Engineering Hub in Melbourne; Anne Mullins Comments

    Lockheed Martin plans to expand its offices in Victoria, Australia to accommodate a new engineering division that will cater to information communications technology services delivery in the Asia-Pacific region. The new hub in Clayton suburb is intended to double the workforce at Lockheed Martin Australia’s facilities in Melbourne and operate under the company’s Sondra Barbour-led information […] More

  • Raydon Gates: Lockheed, Australian Defense Org Forge Tech Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raydon Gates: Lockheed, Australian Defense Org Forge Tech Partnership

    Lockheed Martin Australia and the country’s defense and science technology organization have formed a 10-year alliance to collaborate on research and development work into technology. “We have agreed to undertake joint research in a range of areas including predictive logistics, trusted assurance, the Aegis combat system, over the horizon radar, hypersonics and operational analysis,” Alex Zelinsky, the […] More