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  • Lockheed Taps BAE to Update UAE F-16 Head-Up Displays - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE to Update UAE F-16 Head-Up Displays

    BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to modernize head-up displays of the United Arab Emirates’ F-16 fighter aircraft fleet. The British defense contractor said Thursday it will replace the fleet’s analog HUDs with digital displays using its Digital Light Engine technology. Lockheed received a potential $1.6 billion order from UAE in November 2017 to upgrade the […] More

  • Lockheed's Marillyn Hewson Receives Howard Hughes Memorial Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson Receives Howard Hughes Memorial Award

    Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, has received the 39th Howard Hughes Memorial Award from the Aero Club of Southern California in recognition of her accomplishments as an aerospace industry executive. Lockheed said Thursday the Howard Hughes Memorial Award was established in 1978 and is presented annually to an aerospace leader who has “significantly” contributed to […] More

  • Leidos Forms Industry Team to Chase Navy NGEN Recompete Contract; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Forms Industry Team to Chase Navy NGEN Recompete Contract; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos has teamed up with IBM, Unisys and Verizon‘s enterprise solutions arm to bid on a U.S. Navy follow-on contract to deliver enterprise information technology services. The Next Generation Enterprise Networks Re-compete Service Management, Integration and Transport program will cover IT and support services to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, Marine Corps Enterprise Network and the Outside of the […] More

  • Lockheed Puts Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Through Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Through Flight Test

    Lockheed Martin has completed a controlled flight test of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill missile at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to validate the weapon’s agility, airframe and electronics. The Lockheed-funded demonstration on Friday marked the first test for MHTK’s updated electronics and the second for the missile’s new airframe, the company said Tuesday. MHTK comes in two […] More

  • Lockheed Helps NASA Test Solar Arrays for Mars Lander - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Helps NASA Test Solar Arrays for Mars Lander

    NASA and Lockheed Martin have evaluated the solar arrays of a future Mars robotic lander technology inside a clean room at the company’s facility in Littleton, Colorado. The space agency said Tuesday its Jet Propulsion Laboratory led the InSight evaluation process wherein the platform deployed its solar arrays while in a landed configuration to test the actual process […] More

  • 4th Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO Satellite Responds to Post-Launch Air Force Commands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4th Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO Satellite Responds to Post-Launch Air Force Commands

    The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that a fourth Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite responded to initial commands shortly after the spacecraft’s launch on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Lockheed said Friday the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 satellite received initial signals from the Air Force’s 460th Space Wing approximately […] More

  • Lockheed Encapsulates 4th Air Force Missile Warning Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Encapsulates 4th Air Force Missile Warning Satellite

    A fourth missile warning satellite Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Air Force has been sealed in a protective launch fairing ahead of a scheduled Jan. 18 launch. Lockheed said Thursday it encapsulated the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 satellite at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will lift off aboard a United […] More

  • State Dept OKs $62M Lockheed F-16 Software Upgrade Deal for Oman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs $62M Lockheed F-16 Software Upgrade Deal for Oman

    The State Department has approved Oman’s request to procure items and services for an incremental F-16 software upgrade program under a potential $62 million foreign military sales agreement. Oman asked to buy equipment and services needed to update the Operational Flight Profile software for F-16 subsystems, as well as Mode 5 identification friend-or-foe and secure communications platforms for the […] More

  • Lockheed to Extend Support for South Korea's Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft, Mission Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Extend Support for South Korea’s Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft, Mission Equipment

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $33.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to support prime mission equipment for South Korea’s Peace Krypton reconnaissance aircraft system. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also help sustain South Korean RC-800 aircraft and provide technical manuals in support of airborne reconnaissance missions under the foreign military […] More

  • Report: Japan, South Korea Consider Naval Ship Updates to Accommodate F-35s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Japan, South Korea Consider Naval Ship Updates to Accommodate F-35s

    Japan and South Korea are studying ways to modify their respective ships to support the operations of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, Defense News reported Tuesday. Anonymous military sources from both countries said that Japan plans to carry the F-35B short take-off vertical landing variant aboard its Izumo-class helicopter destroyer, while South Korea […] More

  • Lockheed Integrates Harris-Developed Satellite Navigation Payload on 4th Air Force GPS III Space Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Integrates Harris-Developed Satellite Navigation Payload on 4th Air Force GPS III Space Vehicle

    Lockheed Martin has fully integrated a Harris-built satellite navigation payload on the fourth U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System III Space Vehicle slated for launch in 2018. Harris said Friday the navigation payloads for GPS III SV02, SV03 and SV04 have been fully integrated while the fifth payload for SV05 currently undergoes environmental testing. The satellite navigation payload […] More