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  • Lockheed to Help Navy Develop Flight Vehicle EW Mission Package - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help Navy Develop Flight Vehicle EW Mission Package

    Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business will provide engineering manufacturing and development services for the U.S. Navy‘s advanced off-board electronic warfare program under a $23.6 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Monday the company will help the service branch develop an electronic warfare mission package for integration with a flight vehicle under the AOEW […] More

  • Austal USA-Led Team Delivers Omaha LCS to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA-Led Team Delivers Omaha LCS to Navy

    An Austal USA-led team has delivered the sixth of Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy for mine countermeasures, anti-submarine and surface warfare missions. The Navy said Monday its acceptance of USS Omaha represents the final milestone before the military branch commissions the new warship in early 2018. USS Omaha will be homeported in San Diego, California, […] More

  • Air Force Taps BAE for South Korea F-16 Radar Warning Receiver Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps BAE for South Korea F-16 Radar Warning Receiver Upgrades

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received a potential $49.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to update radar warning receivers currently installed on South Korea’s F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $9.7 million in foreign military sales funds at the time of award […] More

  • Air Force F-15C Fleet to Use Lockheed Martin-Built Infrared Search and Track System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force F-15C Fleet to Use Lockheed Martin-Built Infrared Search and Track System

    A Lockheed Martin-built infrared search and track system has been selected to support the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of F-15C aircraft. The company said Tuesday that it will produce more than 130 Legion Pod systems which will be integrated on the service branch’s aircraft fleet. Legion Pod is equipped with Lockheed’s IRST21 infrared sensor and […] More

  • Lockheed Seeks Unmanned Maritime Opportunities Through Ocean Aero Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Seeks Unmanned Maritime Opportunities Through Ocean Aero Investment

    Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has invested in Ocean Aero as both companies aim to seek opportunities to expand their autonomous maritime capabilities. The strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures seeks to help the firms continue to demonstrate their capability to configure teams of autonomous platforms for complex missions, Lockheed said Friday. Chris Moran, executive director […] More

  • Lockheed Opens Workforce Training Facility in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Opens Workforce Training Facility in Alabama

    Lockheed Martin has opened a new facility at the company’s Pike County Operations campus in Troy, Alabama, in a move to help drive workforce development initiatives in the state. The Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Center is built to offer online education for more than 450 employees onsite and training services for local military and state agencies, Lockheed said Thursday. The Alabama […] More

  • Lockheed to Integrate Blue Cedar Security Platform With Comms Mobile App - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Integrate Blue Cedar Security Platform With Comms Mobile App

    Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Blue Cedar to incorporate the latter’s mobile security tool into its Universal Communications Platform mobile application in an effort to facilitate secure communications among app users, military personnel and first responders. The partnership seeks to enable users to download to their smartphones, table computers and other mobile devices the […] More

  • Lockheed Secures $62M Coast Guard C-130J Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures $62M Coast Guard C-130J Contract Option

    Lockheed Martin has received a $61.9 million contract option to produce C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for the U.S. Coast Guard. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed will build the military transport aircraft at a company facility in Marietta, Georgia, through April 30, 2020. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity and will obligate the full modification […] More

  • Report: Boeing, Lockheed Bid on Air Force UH-1N Helicopter Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing, Lockheed Bid on Air Force UH-1N Helicopter Replacement Program

    Boeing and Lockheed Martin have submitted bids to the U.S. Air Force for a program to replace the service branch’s fleet of UH-1N Huey helicopters, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. The Boeing-Leonardo team offered the MH-139 helicopter as its entry for the UH-1N replacement competition as the military branch looks to procure 84 aircraft through the […] More

  • Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Inaugurates F-35 Targeting System Repair Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Inaugurates F-35 Targeting System Repair Facility

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have opened a repair facility for the F-35 fighter aircraft’s electro-optical targeting system at the service branch’s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast in Jacksonville, Florida. The opening of F-35 EOTS depot culminates a seven-year collaboration of the Navy and Lockheed, FRCSE said Aug. 30. EOTS is designed to help fighter pilots conduct […] More

  • Lockheed, Elbit Systems Team Up to Pursue UK Navy EW Tech Modernization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Elbit Systems Team Up to Pursue UK Navy EW Tech Modernization Program

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Elbit Systems‘ U.K. arm to develop a technology offering for the British navy’s electronic warfare modernization program. Both companies signed a teaming agreement to pursue the Maritime Electronic Warfare Program that seeks to update EW systems on Royal Navy destroyers, frigates, amphibious assault ships and the service branch’s future submarines, said Wednesday. Paul Livingston, vice president of […] More