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  • Lockheed Starts CH-53K Flight Test Program Transition to Naval Air Station in Maryland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Starts CH-53K Flight Test Program Transition to Naval Air Station in Maryland

    Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the first cross-country flight of the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter from a Florida-based facility to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland as part of the flight test program. The CH-53K aircraft took off Friday from Sikorsky’s facility in Maryland and traveled approximately 810 miles for six hours to Patuxent River with […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $51M Navy Contract Modification for F-35 Simulation, Software Modeling Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $51M Navy Contract Modification for F-35 Simulation, Software Modeling Support

    Lockheed Martin has received a $50.8 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy develop and integrate F-35 verification simulation and “in-a-box” software models. The obligated amount of $21.6 million at the time of award is from Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps research, development, test and evaluation funds in fiscal 2017, the Defense Department said Wednesday. […] More

  • Atos to Install Supercomputer for UK Nuclear Deterrence Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Atos to Install Supercomputer for UK Nuclear Deterrence Program

    AWE has selected digital technology firm Atos to support the installation of a supercomputer designed to validate nuclear warheads as part of a nuclear deterrence program in the U.K. Atos said Monday its Bull Sequana supercomputer will work to help AWE assess the safety and reliability of Trident nuclear warheads through a science-based computational program. AWE […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments

    An industry team led by Lockheed Martin has launched the U.S. Navy‘s 15th Littoral Combat Ship into the Menominee River from the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. Lockheed said Saturday that USS Billings will undergo additional outfitting and testing activities at the Wisconsin-based shipyard ahead of a scheduled delivery to the service branch in 2018. Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital

    Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Terran Orbital as both companies aim to advance development of nanosatellite technology. Lockheed said Thursday it will obtain an equity stake in Irvine, California-based Terran as part of the cash and in-kind investment deal. The two companies previously worked to support multiple Defense Department and NASA missions. […] More

  • Harris Gets Lockheed Supplier Award for F-35, F-22 Pneumatic Suspension, Release Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets Lockheed Supplier Award for F-35, F-22 Pneumatic Suspension, Release Systems

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a supplier award to Harris Corp. in recognition of the latter’s efforts to deliver pneumatic suspension and release systems for F-35 and F-22 fighter aircraft. “This award recognizes suppliers holding a 98 percent on-time delivery rating with a 98 percent quality rating,” Janet Duffey, vice president of aeronautics supply chain management at Lockheed’s […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed Wrap Up Supersonic Transport X-Plane Preliminary Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed Wrap Up Supersonic Transport X-Plane Preliminary Design Review

    NASA and Lockheed Martin have concluded the preliminary design review of an experimental supersonic transport aircraft. The review sought to show the Quiet Supersonic Transport X-plane’s capability to meet the mission goals for a Low Boom Flight Demonstration aircraft, NASA said Tuesday. Lockheed and the agency will continue to conduct wind tunnel tests, static inlet performance evaluation […] More

  • Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award

    The Defense Security Service has given the 2017 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award to 36 company facilities for maintaining high standards for industrial security. DSS said Thursday the winning facilities represent various large and small companies such as BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Camber subsidiary, CGI Group, Concurrent Technologies Corp., General Dynamics, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Modern Technology […] More

  • Dan O’Boyle: Army Eyes Milestone A in 2018 for Patriot Radar Replacement Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan O’Boyle: Army Eyes Milestone A in 2018 for Patriot Radar Replacement Competition

    The U.S. Army plans to conduct a competition to find a replacement for its Patriot radar system through the Lower-Tier Air-and-Missile Defense Sensor program, Defense News reported Friday. Dan O’Boyle, an Army spokesman, said the service branch plans to begin the Milestone A phase, also known as technology maturation and risk reduction, in fiscal 2018 […] More

  • Lockheed Provides $1M Grant to Fund Additive Manufacturing Lab at MSU Denver - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Provides $1M Grant to Fund Additive Manufacturing Lab at MSU Denver

    Lockheed Martin has provided a $1 million grant to the Metropolitan State University of Denver to fund the construction of an additive manufacturing laboratory that will support the production of aerospace components. The company said Thursday the Lockheed Martin Additive Manufacturing Laboratory will give MSU Denver students access to a three-dimensional printer. Lockheed said the grant will be issued […] More