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  • MEADS Bids for Poland Missile Defense System Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEADS Bids for Poland Missile Defense System Development

    MEADS International, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and MBDA, has submitted a proposal to the Polish government to build and deliver air-and-missile defense systems, Defense News reported Tuesday. Jen Judson writes the submission is in response to a solicitation notice on Poland’s Wisla missile defense program. Marty Coyne,  Medium Extended Air Defense System director at Lockheed, said that the proposal covers […] More

  • Lockheed, Air Force's 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit Collaborate on F-35 Maintenance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Air Force’s 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit Collaborate on F-35 Maintenance

    A team of Lockheed Martin maintainers has partnered with airmen from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit to sustain the U.S. Air Force‘s F-35 jets in preparation for a turnover of maintenance responsibilities. Lockheed currently maintains all 62nd AMU F-35s and will turn over aircraft maintenance responsibilities to the Air Force beginning June, the service branch said Jan. 24. “We can’t afford to have any […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy MH-60R Radar Kit Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy MH-60R Radar Kit Delivery Order

    Lockheed Martin has received a $45.8 million delivery order to provide 29 automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination standard retrofit p-kits for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60R helicopters. The Defense Department said Monday Lockheed’s mission systems and training business will perform work in New York and Florida through September 2020. The Navy used fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement funds to cover the […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils New Colorado Site for Autonomous Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils New Colorado Site for Autonomous Systems Business

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new location for its autonomous systems business unit to support the development of autonomous technologies for military customers, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes the new industrial space in Littleton, Colorado, can accommodate more than 100 employees and will support projects related to self-driving ground vehicles, drones as well as […] More

  • Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth's Full Western Hemisphere - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth’s Full Western Hemisphere

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled the first image taken by a Harris-built high-resolution digital camera onboard a weather monitoring satellite. Harris said Monday its Advanced Baseline Imager took a picture of Earth’s full western hemisphere with detailed cloud and water features from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16. NASA and NOAA launched the Lockheed Martin-built GOES-16R satellite atop a […] More

  • Lockheed Starts Optical Payload Development for NASA's Dark Energy Research Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Starts Optical Payload Development for NASA’s Dark Energy Research Programs

    Lockheed Martin has started develop an optical payload that could support NASA‘s research on a mysterious force called dark energy which causes the universe to expand. Lockheed said Thursday NASA selected the company’s Palo Alto, California-based Advanced Technology Center to start the formulation phase of the Wide-Field Optical-Mechanical Assembly. NASA could choose WOMA to serve as the core of the primary […] More

  • Siemens' US CEO Judy Marks to Chair Foundation Board; David Etzwiler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens’ US CEO Judy Marks to Chair Foundation Board; David Etzwiler Comments

    Judy Marks, CEO of Siemens‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been appointed as chair of the board of directors at the company’s philanthropic arm. She will lead the Siemens Foundation board as it works to help develop future scientists and engineers as well as sustain a workforce focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the foundation said Tuesday. “Not only does [Marks] bring vast experience […] More

  • Lockheed, Navy Open Renovated Cape Canaveral Facility to Support Fleet Ballistic Missile Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Navy Open Renovated Cape Canaveral Facility to Support Fleet Ballistic Missile Program

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have opened a newly-renovated building at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to accommodate the company’s employees for the military branch’s Fleet Ballistic Missile program. The company said Thursday roughly 200 staff will move into the Engineering and Operations facility over the next few months. Eric Scherff, vice president for the […] More

  • Lockheed Taps BAE for Air Force F-22 Head-Up Display Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE for Air Force F-22 Head-Up Display Modernization

    BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to replace the head-up displays of the U.S. Air Force‘s F-22 Raptor aircraft with a digital version. BAE said Monday it will use its Digital Light Engine technology to install a form, fit and function HUD platform into the F-22 fleet’s HUD space. The company also expects to receive a follow-on production […] More

  • Lockheed to Install Electronic Warfare Pods on Navy MH-60 Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Install Electronic Warfare Pods on Navy MH-60 Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to equip the U.S Navy‘s fleet of MH-60 helicopters with electronic warfare pods designed to help the military service detect and respond to anti-ship missile threats. The company said Thursday its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare Active Mission Payload AN/ALQ-248 system works to deter incoming ASM threats with the use of radio frequency countermeasure techniques. The […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Continues Mentorship of Accurate Machine and Tool Under DoD Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Continues Mentorship of Accurate Machine and Tool Under DoD Program

    Lockheed Martin continues to work with Accurate Machine and Tool in efforts to boost the latter’s capacity to serve more potential customers as well as create opportunities for government work as part of the Defense Department‘s Mentor-Protege Program. Lockheed said Wednesday it secured a three-year deal with the Missile Defense Agency to help update AMT’s manufacturing and management processes and provide […] More

  • Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch

    Lockheed Martin has enclosed a missile warning satellite the company built for the U.S. Air Force in a protective launch vehicle fairing in preparation for a scheduled Jan. 19 launch. The third Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite went through encapsulation at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will be deployed aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More