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The Royal Australian Navy’s AWD-1 Air Warfare Destroyer program has received its first complete Aegis Weapon system from Lockheed Martin |
02 December 2009 |
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The US Air Force and Lockheed Martin have completed environmental tests of the SBIRS satellite for missile warning |
02 December 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin views the Development and Sustainment contract for the Ground-based Midcourse Defence system as an opportunity to make best use of its capabilities |
02 December 2009 |
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Cape Canaveral has witnessed the successful launch of an Intelsat payload on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster |
24 November 2009 |
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The US Air Force base in Ramstein and the US Marine Corps have both taken delivery of C-130J airlifters from Lockheed Martin |
23 November 2009 |
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Under the Missile Defense Agency's Targets and Countermeasures Program in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, a Lockheed Martin-led team launched the short-range, legacy target from Fort Wingate, N.M. L-3 Coleman Aerospace provided the Hera target vehicle.
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17 October 2009 |
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The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), is undergoing final preparation for a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on October 18, 2009. |
08 October 2009 |
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The tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has received approval to use a European cryptographic device to implement Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), a critical capability that protects friendly aircraft from engagement by air defenses. For |
06 October 2009 |
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The first set of new production P-3 Orion wings has been delivered to the company’s launch customer, the Royal Norwegian Air Force, on Sept. 25. The milestone delivery ushers in a new era of P-3 life cycle sustainment. |
01 October 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper. Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Moroccan Air Force. The $30 million contract includes integration support, product spares and logistics support. The Sniper ATPs will fly on the Royal Moroccan Air Force's newly-purchased F-16 block 50 aircraft. |
25 September 2009 |
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The Lockheed Martin-led industry team completed another key milestone in constructing the nation's third LCS with the landing of the vessel's two main propulsion gas turbines. |
17 September 2009 |
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A joint U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin flight crew flying a C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport claimed 41 world aeronautical records in one flight on September 13. |
16 September 2009 |
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Hawker Beechcraft Corporation and Lockheed Martin have teamed to compete for the opportunity to provide a low-cost, low-risk solution to address U.S. Air Force (USAF) needs for a Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft. The USAF is expected to launch an acquisition program in fiscal year 2010. |
16 September 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II program remains focused on preparations for opening the Integrated Training Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in 2010 - a facility that will train F-35 pilots and maintainers worldwide. |
14 September 2009 |
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The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force has entered final testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities.
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11 September 2009 |
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The latest (14th) C130-J to be based at USAF airfield Ramstein, Germany, was formally accepted into service. |
09 September 2009 |
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The last in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been declared operational by the U.S. Air Force for military and civilian navigation users around the globe. |
04 September 2009 |
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United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Lockheed Martin's final assembly operation for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter today, conveying optimism for the program's future and emphasizing the F-35's importance to global security. |
01 September 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin Corporation has completed its acquisition of Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabilized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services, principally to the U.S. military. |
01 September 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and associated ground systems have been certified for missile warning operations by U.S. Strategic Command. |
26 August 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has delivered the 50th C-5B Galaxy strategic transport modified under the Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) back to the US Air Force. |
26 August 2009 |
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The JCSAT-12 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) of Japan, is ready for its scheduled launch on Aug. 21 aboard an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle provided by Arianespace. The launch window opens at 6:09 p.m. EDT and closes at 7:09 p.m. EDT |
19 August 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract valued at almost $93 million for engineering services and support of the AN/BVY-1 ISIS and for production of related hardware. |
17 August 2009 |
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The Aegis Weapon System destined for Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer began a four month testing program today at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)'s Aegis Production Test Center.
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16 August 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin's Beam Control/Fire Control system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) has focused and directed a low-power laser beam in an engagement with an instrumented, boosting missile target, resulting in a successful simulated intercept. |
16 August 2009 |
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Kaman Aerospace Corporation has received a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps on behalf of Team K-MAX to demonstrate the ability of the Unmanned
K-MAX. helicopter to deliver cargo to troops in extreme environments and at high altitudes. |
13 August 2009 |
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The MEADS program has successfully completed Critical Design Reviews (CDRs) for all major components, clearing the way for production of radars, launchers, tactical operation centers, and reloaders needed for system tests at White Sands Missile Range, NM. |
10 August 2009 |
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The U.S. Navy supported the 26 May 09 launch of a U.K. Royal Navy Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin. The unarmed missile was launched from the submerged Royal Navy submarine HMS Victorious (UK SSBN 06) in the Atlantic Ocean. The Trident II D5 missile now has achieved 127 consecutive successful test flights since 1989 - a record unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or space launch vehicle. |
07 August 2009 |
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The guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), recently modernized with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)'s open architecture Aegis Weapon System, completed an operational trial of its full combat system. |
07 August 2009 |
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With more than 200 federal, provincial, municipal, and business leaders in attendance, Lockheed Martin Canada opened its new Maritime Advanced Training and Test Site (MATTS) in the Highfield Industrial Park in Dartmouth, NS. MATTS will support the company s role as prime contractor for the Combat Systems Integration (CSI) modernization of the Canadian Navy s Halifax-class frigates. |
05 August 2009 |
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A ceremony at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant marked the rollout of the U.S. Navy's first-ever stealth fighter, the F-35C Lightning II. The aircraft will enable the U.S. Navy to possess 5th generation fighter capabilities at sea, extending America's reach and reducing the timeline from threat to response. |
30 July 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded an $821 million maintenance, repair, and overhaul contract for the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) P-3 Orion fleet. The contract is for a base period of one year, with nine additional one-year options. CBP currently operates 16 P-3s, updated with a suite of modern surveillance sensors oriented towards conducting homeland security missions. |
29 July 2009 |
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The Lockheed Martin -led team developing the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) announced today that the second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and ground system modifications have been accepted for operations by the U.S. Air Force, paving the way for U.S. Strategic Command's formal certification of the HEO-2 system next month. |
27 July 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), in a joint venture with Granite State Manufacturing (GSM), received a $6.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to design, test and manufacture an upgraded Multifunction Mast Antenna System to improve submarine communications. |
23 July 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabalized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services principally to the U.S. military. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but are not material to Lockheed Martin. |
22 July 2009 |
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A Lockheed Martin led industry team held a keel-laying ceremony at Marinette Marine's shipyard for Fort Worth, the U.S. Navy's third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). |
21 July 2009 |
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U.S. Navy Selects Lockheed Martin to Continue Development of Secure Information Sharing System. |
16 July 2009 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a five-year, $60 million contract to continue depot maintenance support for LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods at the Lockheed Martin Warner Robins Worldwide Depot. The depot supports repairs on LANTIRN pods for both U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales customers. |
09 July 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Non-Recurring Engineering Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition (EQ-36) Radar System to the U.S. Army. |
08 July 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin recently marked the production and delivery of the 1,000th Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) missile during a ceremony at the company's Akron, OH, facility. The milestone VLA missile is part of a contract for the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. |
08 July 2009 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract to begin concept development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-Band radars and supporting operations centers that will detect and report on objects and debris orbiting the Earth. Lockheed Martin was one of three industry teams to receive contracts. |
01 July 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin [has been awarded a $16.5 million order to deliver paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (E-LGTR) to the U.S. Navy. This award represents the fourth option to a 2005 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, valued in excess of $114 million. |
30 June 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin's vice president and general manager of F-16 Programs, John Larson, told reporters attending the Paris Air Show today that the F-16 continues to be the most advanced 4th Generation multirole fighter currently available on the international market. |
19 June 2009 |
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International participants in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program have begun purchasing aircraft and making long-range commitments to integrate the fighter into their fleets, a Lockheed Martin executive said Wednesday at the Paris Air Show. |
18 June 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has successfully fired the DAGR(R) rocket system from an AH-64D Apache helicopter. |
17 June 2009 |
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he nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), successfully conducted its second and final round of U.S. Navy acceptance trials May 18-22, 2009. |
16 June 2009 |
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A detailed, full-scale representation of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter rolled out of the Fort Worth factory today, with production-representative Very Low Observable airframe structure and coatings. Along with dedicated flight test aircraft, the model will be a key component in validating the F-35's radar-evading properties. |
16 June 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force. |
16 June 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has formally began full operations as the supply chain manager for the U.S. military's global automotive parts needs.
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10 June 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Sultanate of Oman for a C-130J Super Hercules. The aircraft, to be delivered in mid-2012, is in the longer C-130J-30 configuration. |
06 June 2009 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.5-billion contract for the third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload, the third geosynchronous orbit (GEO-3) satellite and associated ground modifications for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) constellation. |
03 June 2009 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] a fixed-price contract for nearly $25 million to develop a prototype for the next-generation 3-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR). Lockheed Martin was one of two industry teams placed under contract for the technical development of this new land-based radar. |
01 June 2009 |
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The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase, a major program milestone that allows the team to begin the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage. |
23 May 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin was awarded a $4 million contract by the Boeing Company for the technology development phase of the F/A-18E/F Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program. |
19 May 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin Canada completed a successful System Design Review (SDR) with the Canadian Navy, marking a major milestone toward modernizing the combat systems on the Navy's 12 Halifax-class multi-mission frigates. |
11 May 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has broken ground today on an expansion of its state-of-the-art Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3 ) Missile production complex in Camden, AR. Lockheed Martin anticipates that the new facility will allow for continued production expansion and modest hiring of new employees over the next several years. |
09 May 2009 |
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Latest Q-70 will be Installed on the Flagship of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet |
08 May 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has delivered the 13th of 16 C 130J Super Hercules to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The aircraft will be assigned to the 41st Airlift Squadron, the first active-duty combat C-130J squadron in the U.S. Air Force. This latest C-130J Super Hercules was accepted by Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. |
07 May 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has announced that General Dynamics, ViaSat Inc., Harris Corporation and American Systems will be a part of its industry team pursuing the competitive contract for the U.S. Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program.
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05 May 2009 |
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Purchase strengthens company's UK strategic weapons system services capabilities |
02 May 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has recently delivered the 50th C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifter upgraded with Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) improvements. |
30 April 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin's Paul Shattuck, Airborne Laser (ABL) Beam Control/Fire Control chief engineer and technical director, and five of his government and industry ABL teammates have received a U.S. Missile Defense Agency Technology Pioneer Award |
30 April 2009 |
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Lockheed Martin as the systems integrator and Raytheon Company as the radar developer for Phase 3 of its Integrated Sensor is Structure (ISIS) program. |
29 April 2009 |
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Hover-Pit ground tests talidate propulsion system and aircraft response |
24 April 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite, a major program milestone that proves spacecraft performance and functionality in a complete test-like-you-fly environment. |
17 April 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $1.6 million contract from the Brazilian Air Force to support six of its TPS-77 - known in Brazil as the TPS-B34 - long range air surveillance radars currently monitoring airspace in the Amazon region. |
16 April 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin officially rolled out the new Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System launcher and Fire Control and Communications unit today in a ceremony at the company's THAAD Launcher Integration Complex in Camden, AR. The ceremony, attended by U.S. Senator Mark Pryor and U.S. Congressman Mark Ross, commemorated the delivery of the first THAAD ground segment vehicles to come off the production line in Camden. |
13 April 2009 |
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The Lockheed Martin Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has submitted its proposal for the program's follow-on production phase and has completed a major Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone with the U.S. Air Force. The SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other missions including missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness. |
11 April 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin Corporation has been selected by the General Services Administration (GSA) to compete for future information technology task orders under its next generation Alliant contracting vehicle. Fifty-eight other companies were also selected to compete for Alliant tasks. |
09 April 2009 |
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Representatives of the U.S. Air Force welcomed the first of 14 new Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will be permanently based at Ramstein Air Base. During a ceremony that included dignitaries from across Europe, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Commander Gen. Roger Brady acknowledged the C-130Js critical contribution to the mission of USAFE.
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08 April 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract by the Kuwait Ministry of Defense to significantly upgrade the Kuwait Air Force AN/FPS-117 long-range radar originally delivered in 1993. The radar is used for air traffic control and strategic air surveillance. The upgrades will extend the service life of the radar for 15 to 20 years. |
07 April 2009 |
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A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team is gearing up to launch a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, which includes a demonstration payload that will transmit a new third civil signal, known as L5. This spacecraft is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on March 24, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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03 April 2009 |
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The U.S. Navy has awarded a Lockheed Martin led industry team a fixed price incentive fee contract to construct the Navy's third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, WI, will construct the ship. |
30 March 2009 |
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A Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher successfully fired two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) during a U.S. Army 'common launcher' feasibility demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, NM. |
26 March 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced today that it will offer its extensive capabilities to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in the competitive acquisition the agency intends to conduct for future operations and sustainment of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and associated support facilities. |
25 March 2009 |
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently approved a national Flight Rules change for aircraft separation based on the data provided by Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] WindTracer (R) Doppler lidar systems. |
23 March 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted their sixth successful test in six attempts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, HI. |
23 March 2009 |
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Ceremonies were held today at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, to commemorate the F-16 Peace Xenia IV program for Greece. The ceremony marks an important production milestone, demonstrating that the program is on schedule and on budget. |
20 March 2009 |
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British Defense Secretary John Hutton announced that the United Kingdom will purchase three Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft, signaling the U.K.'s commitment to the upcoming Operational Test and Evaluation phase of the Joint Strike Fighter program. Hutton made the announcement during a visit to Washington, D.C. |
20 March 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] and Australian Aerospace signed a multi-year contract at the Avalon Air Show to provide Through Life Support (TLS) for the C-130J Super Hercules fleet operated by the Royal Australian Air Force. The contract was awarded by the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) at a signing ceremony at the air show |
13 March 2009 |
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With strong international partnerships firmly established, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (also known as the Joint Strike Fighter) continues to meet or exceed its milestones in both performance and schedule. The program is moving quickly into its production and support phase, and will be ready when Australia needs it as its future fighter. |
11 March 2009 |
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A Lockheed Martin official explained to reporters attending the Avalon Air Show today why the C-130J continues to be the platform of choice to meet the growing worldwide demand for tactical air mobility.
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11 March 2009 |
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The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight Feb. 13 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin. |
09 March 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin's Video from Unmanned Aerial Systems for Interoperability Teaming - Level 2 (VUITTM-2) for Apache technology recently began operational use in theater. |
09 March 2009 |
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Contract to Provide Full-Scope Logistics Support to Special Ops Troops Worldwide |
05 March 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin hosted the 2009 P-3 Orion Suppliers Conference Feb. 25-26 in Marietta, Ga. Representatives from the broad P-3 supplier base attended the two-day event, focusing onP-3 Orion long-term sustainment as well as challenges posed by global economic conditions. |
04 March 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin's VUIT Technology Provides Network Interoperability for Multiple Aviation Platforms |
02 March 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has debuted an advanced robotic exoskeleton designed to augment Soldiers' strength and endurance and prevent their premature fatigue. |
28 February 2009 |
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In a single calendar year, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II program will complete all remaining System Development and Demonstration aircraft, deliver the first production-model F-35s to the armed services and initiate full-scale flight test operations at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. |
27 February 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has been selected by the United Arab Emirates to provide 12 C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft to modernize the country's tactical airlift fleet. The announcement was made by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, at the IDEX Defence Exhibition in Abu Dhabi. |
26 February 2009 |
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A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team announced today that the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III constellation has surpassed 200 years of on-orbit operations, the longest total operational experience of any U.S. military communications satellite constellation. |
19 February 2009 |
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The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a contract to upgrade the MK 92 Fire Control System on Turkey's G-class guided missile frigates. The system upgrade will support the introduction of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), providing enhanced self-protection capabilities for this class of surface warships. |
18 February 2009 |
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The first U.S. Air Force Milstar communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin [NTSE:LMT] team, has achieved 15 years of on-orbit operations. |
13 February 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has delivered the second of three fully modernized developmental test C-5M aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Following a brief ceremony at the company's Marietta facility, Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, Commander, Air Mobility Command, flew the C-5M to Dover AFB, Del., where Air Force flight crews and maintainers will become familiar with the aircraft's new systems and capabilities. |
11 February 2009 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment Team a $75-million, six-month extension to its Risk Reduction and System Definition (RR&SD) contract. |
10 February 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $31.3 million contract modification to provide additional M299 Launchers and related equipment to the U.S. Army. |
05 February 2009 |
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The U.S. Navy retired the last Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] S-3 Viking from fleet service in ceremonies here this morning, closing out the aircraft's distinguished 35-year Naval career. |
04 February 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $35.8 million contract by the U.S. Navy to design and produce antenna buoy systems that will significantly expand the communications capabilities of submarines while they are submerged. |
03 February 2009 |
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The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed a major test utilizing new flight software that will enable highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations. |
30 January 2009 |
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Next-Generation Longbow UAS Data Link Has Successful First Powered Flight On Apache Block III |
29 January 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has completed the first F-35 Lightning II equipped with mission systems, a milestone that will lead to the first avionics testing on board an F-35 aircraft. |
26 January 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Team Advances New High Speed Data Transfer Technology For TSAT |
25 January 2009 |
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Corporation One of 12 Industry Leaders Chosen for BOSS-U |
17 January 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin recently received a $6.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide engineering support services for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) work on the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser modernization program and the Turkish navy's MEKO Track IIA and IIB frigates. |
16 January 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the first live warhead ground launch test of the DAGR(TM) guidance kit for the 2.75-inch rocket. DAGR is now 12-for-12 in contractor-funded flight tests. |
07 January 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Coast Guard Exercise $13.25 Million Contract Options to Provide Mission Systems for the HC-130J Aircraft |
06 January 2009 |
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The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has achieved major milestones on the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft with the with completion and delivery of the remaining major spacecraft bus subsystems. |
27 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). |
26 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first weight-optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter on Dec. 19. The new F-35A, called AF-1, joins three weight-optimized F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variants currently undergoing testing. The aircraft are structurally identical to the F-35s that will be delivered to armed services beginning in 2010.
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24 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin's 94th Aegis System entered active service today under the flag of the fifth nation to join the worldwide Aegis fleet - the Republic of Korea (ROK). |
23 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin, Thales Alenia Space Partner To Deliver Space Radar Solutions For Global Customers
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22 December 2008 |
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The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team, has been certified for operations by U.S. Strategic Command. |
16 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin TOPSCENE Upgrade for Navy Delivers Mission Rehearsal Simulations 20 Times Faster |
10 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have received a Top 5 Department of Defense Program Award for their collaborative effort to integrate the Link 16 tactical data link system into the Navy's new MH-60R and MH-60S multimission helicopters. |
10 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed, or 'CATBird,' has begun in-flight integration and verification of the F-35 Lightning II mission systems suite, launching another stage of risk reduction for the world's newest fighter. |
08 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted a free-flight hover test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L. Conducted Dec. 2 at the National Hover Test Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the test met all objectives. |
06 December 2008 |
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The VH-71 presidential helicopter replacement program marked another milestone last Saturday with the maiden flight of the second VH-71 production aircraft. |
05 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $16.9 million contract to begin modernization of the final portion of the U.S. Army's Apache helicopter Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight (M-TADS) system. |
04 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Selected For Contract By NASA For Next Generation GOES-R Series Weather Satellites |
04 December 2008 |
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The first production VH-71 presidential replacement helicopter has arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River by U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane from helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland. |
03 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) team has successfully fired the High Energy Laser through the Lockheed Martin-developed Beam Control/Fire Control system. |
02 December 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Receives $156 Million Contract To Extend Canadian CP-140 Aurora Aircraft Service Life |
20 November 2008 |
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The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin team, has been accepted for operations by the U.S Air Force. |
19 November 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flew supersonic for the first time yesterday, achieving another milestone. |
17 November 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin Pathfinder flight team has successfully completed the first flight of its fully integrated Pathfinder advanced pilotage system on an Army HH-60L Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter at Felker Army Airfield, Fort Eustis, VA.em Completes First Flight on HH-60L Black Hawk MEDEVAC Helicopter |
13 November 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30 million split-share competition award to deliver paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 kits to the U.S. Air Force. Delivery is scheduled to begin in early 2009. |
11 November 2008 |
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Constellation Projected to Provide Critical Weather Data for Years to Come |
06 November 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $147 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs). The Sniper ATP provides critical long-range, positive identification of targets and coordinates self-generated video down link (VDL) to remotely-operated, video enhancement receiver ground terminals. |
05 November 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Windtracer Lidar Doppler Lidar System Improves Wind Hazard Detection at Las Vegas International Airport
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04 November 2008 |
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The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps today selected Lockheed Martin as one of three companies to continue development on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program. |
03 November 2008 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract for the development phase of the Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) technology demonstration program. |
30 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has completed installation of an air defense and communications network modernization project for the Romanian Air Force. |
29 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has successfully completed acoustic testing of the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. |
28 October 2008 |
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The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter has finished all planned testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., demonstrating that the aircraft, the support crews, and contractor and military service personnel are ready for the dramatically expanded flight testing on the program's horizon. |
26 October 2008 |
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Airmen of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), supported by Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army Lower Tier Project Office, successfully conducted the second international PAC-3 Missile flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The test successfully fired a PAC-3 Missile from a German PATRIOT fire unit with Configuration-3 upgrades. |
26 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. |
23 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced the establishment of its new Center for Cyber Security Innovation (CCSI). |
20 October 2008 |
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The Italian Air Force has achieved 75,000 flight hours with its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, amassing an impressive record that includes the first combat missions flown in the C-130J and the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies. |
16 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin announced today the successful delivery of the core structure with an integrated propulsion subsystem for the first satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation. It is the largest A2100 spacecraft core structure ever built by the company. |
14 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin will lead to execute its recently awarded $122 million technology development contract for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system, the next-generation missile that will be carried on U.S. Armed Forces rotary-wing, fixed-wing and unmanned aerial system (UAS) platforms. |
12 October 2008 |
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Deploys To Edwards Air Force Base For Expanded Testing |
10 October 2008 |
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The State of Qatar has signed a $393.6 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters plus training and spares with deliveries to begin in 2011. Qatar's new C-130Js will be the longer fuselage or 'stretched' variant of the C-130J. |
08 October 2008 |
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The IKONOS commercial remote sensing satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin has achieved its ninth year of on-orbit service and continues to provide high-resolution imagery of the Earth to commercial and government customers around the world. IKONOS is owned and operated by GeoEye of Dulles, Va. |
07 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30 million contract to lead the U.S. Army's modernization of the M299(TM) launcher family. The modernization program calls for a multi-platform missile launcher to carry and launch the family of HELLFIRE II missiles from current and future Army rotary-wing and unmanned aerial system (UAS) platforms. |
07 October 2008 |
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The U.S. Department of Defense has recognized Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor as an exemplary program in Performance Based Logistics (PBL), an innovative support approach that provides higher aircraft readiness to warfighters and lower overall costs to taxpayers. |
02 October 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin's first two operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes have successfully exceeded 25,000 combined miles of testing, more than half of which have been conducted off-road to simulate actual mission conditions. |
30 September 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor surpassed more than 50,000 total flight hours in August while establishing new standards in capability and maturity. |
30 September 2008 |
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A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) successfully completed a Product Upgrade Verification (PUV) flight test on September 18 at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The missile successfully navigated through a preplanned route and struck its intended target. |
23 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $122 million technology development contract for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. |
22 September 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) reached another milestone this week with the induction of the first U.S. Air Force C-5A into the program. |
18 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has responded to a Request for Information for a lighter, more manoeuvrable military vehicle that also provides protection comparable to the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle.
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17 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced the successful delivery of a space communications system that will bring more accurate and timely decision-making information to U.S. Air Force Space Commanders.
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16 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin won a competitive contract to support land-based vehicle sustainment for all of the U.S. military's land-based vehicles over 10 years. |
13 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $129.3 million contract to build a total of 13 new outer wing sets for the U.S. Navy's P-3 Orion fleet. The all new production outer wings will be delivered to the Navy beginning in early 2010 for installation on selected aircraft. |
05 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has entered a Department of Defense Mentor-Protg Agreement with Aegisound, LLC, of Blacksburg, Va., and will assist the company as it becomes a supplier of advanced hearing-protection devices for military high-noise environments, such as Naval carrier launch operations. |
04 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Corporation has completed its acquisition of Aculight Corporation.Based in Bothell, Wash., Aculight is focused on providing laser-based solutions for national defense and aerospace customers. |
03 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the Intelligent Control and Autonomous Re-planning of Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) suite of technologies as part of an exercise conducted August 12-14. |
03 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin, under HELLFIRE Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven HELLFIRE II precision-strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles forU.S. and international armed forces under a $357 million contract with the U.S. Army. Delivery of missiles produced under this contract will begin in 2010.
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01 September 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $61 million follow-on contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Unitary rockets. To date, more than 850 GMLRS rockets have been fired in the Global War on Terror. |
27 August 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]/Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] Longbow Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) and Lockheed Martin'sArrowhead modernized target acquisition/night vision sensor debuted during the first flight of the U.S. Army's AH-64 Apache Block III attack helicopter. |
25 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received an $8.9 million production order for 150 Integrated Dewar Cooler Assembly thermal cameras from Gyrocam Systems. This initial order, the first of 500 projected systems under the U.S. Army contract, was awarded to Lockheed Martin's Santa Barbara Focalplane (SBF) production operations.
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25 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has completed upgrading the signal processing and data processing capability on the first two of five AN/FPS-117 long-range, air surveillance radars for the Romanian Air Force. |
23 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received an $80 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for additional Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Unitary missiles, a move that will bolster the nation's long-range tactical missile reserve. |
22 August 2008 |
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With one F-35 Lightning II aircraft in structural testing, two in flight test, six in final assembly and another 14 in various stages of production, Lockheed Martin added to the program's momentum on Saturday 16th August 08 by finishing assembly of the fourth F-35 aircraft, a short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B. |
19 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that as of June 25 its team has launched a total of 12 target missiles, all successfully, since 2005 for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency under the Targets and Countermeasures Prime Contract. |
13 August 2008 |
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One of 12 Companies Selected to Compete for Tasks |
10 August 2008 |
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $32 million option on a contract to provide specialized geospatial training to analysts and officials across the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. |
07 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today the successful on-orbit handover of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the U.S. Air Force in preparation for the start of certified operations later this year. |
06 August 2008 |
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The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its first National Security Cutter, USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750), a 418-foot vessel built by Northrop Grumman and equipped by Lockheed Martin with fully-integrated communications, sensors and electronic systems. Bertholf is the first ship in its class of technologically-advanced, multi-mission cutters. |
05 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has completed its initial deliveries of aircraft to the U.S. Navy's first operational MH-60R helicopter maritime strike squadron, the HSM-71 Raptors, ensuring the squadron is ready for its deployment with an aircraft carrier strike group. The San Diego-based pilot and crew departed with the aircraft July 24 for the three-day journey home from Owego, NY. |
03 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has informed its Michoud Operations workforce that employee reductions would begin in the fall of 2008 and continue through September 2010 as a result of the build-out of External Tanks to support the planned fly-out of the Space Shuttle program. |
02 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has completed production of two of the four SPY-1D(V) radar arrays for Australia's first Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer |
30 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin is progressing steadily on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications system, most recently delivering the core propulsion module for the third space vehicle (SV-3) six months ahead of the planned schedule. |
28 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin's Integrated Common Electronics Warfare System (ICEWS) - a single enterprise solution designed to scale across all ship classes in the U.S. Navy's surface fleet - performed successfully during a series of just-completed demonstrations conducted by the Navy.
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24 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin broke ground July 11 on a $15 million, 9,600 square foot radar test facility that will provide the company with one of the world's most advanced, large-antenna measurement systems. |
15 July 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Arizona Support Center (ASC) celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new Arrowhead and Legacy TADS/PNVS support facility in Gilbert, AZ. |
10 July 2008 |
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The U.S. Army recently established a new distance record for the Lockheed Martin Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket, destroying a target 85 kilometers from the launch site during a flawless system demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The previous maximum range for GMLRS was 70 kilometers. |
06 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $107 million for a seventh production lot of the JASSM(TM) cruise missile. The contract award will bring total contracted quantities of the cruise missile to 1,053. |
01 July 2008 |
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LM Team Will Transform Distribution Systems to Boost War Fighter Confidence in Delivery of Supplies |
30 June 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities. |
30 June 2008 |
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The Department of Defense Security Service (DSS) has awarded to Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support the highest honor it can present to a government contractor, the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award. |
25 June 2008 |
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Nation's newest high-performance space-based sensor will deliver revolutionary new global surveillance capabilities to the warfighter |
21 June 2008 |
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A Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar has been successfully completed by Lockheed Martin. |
11 June 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin says it has launched the first Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) wheeled vehicle launcher using the new Universal Fire Control System (UFCS) during a recent test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. |
11 June 2008 |
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The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch this month of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin. |
04 June 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $90 million contract to support U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps MLRS launchers. Lockheed Martin's Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) system will support more than 300 launchers through 2010. |
04 June 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin led LCS team recently completed another successful milestone in the production of the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) with the light off and testing of Freedom (LCS 1)'s main propulsion diesel engines. |
03 May 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that it has achieved a major integrated test milestone on the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft that enables the start of environmental testing in preparation for launch in late 2009. |
03 May 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has submitted a series of innovative proposals to the Department of Defensedesigned to advance state-of-the-art technologies in support of fielding rapid and responsive space systems for the warfighter. |
26 April 2008 |
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The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a one-year, $15.5-million contract for continued program management and engineering services for the United Kingdom's Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program. |
18 April 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin is completing final preparations for Monday's launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. The launch window opens at 4:12 p.m. EDT Monday and extends until 5:12 p.m. The launch can be viewed live at www.ulalaunch.com beginning at 3:51 p.m. EDT. |
14 April 2008 |
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Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC)'s radar that is the prototype for Lockheed Martin's Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar recently completed successful performance testing in 360-degree counter-fire mode against mortars and rockets at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. The prototype radar was developed by SRC under an Army Technology Objective. |
13 April 2008 |
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The Nulka Active Missile Decoy, for which Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] provides the electronic payload, was recently honored as Australian Defence Magazine's 'Defence Project of the Year' for 2007. The magazine's annual Defence Industry Awards recognize the nation's Defence Materiel Organization (DMO) and its suppliers for innovation and performance on major industry projects. |
09 April 2008 |
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A combined U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team has completed a rapid on-orbit deployment of the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite launched on March 15 from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft, which includes new features that enhance operations and navigation signal performance, has been declared operational for military and civilian navigation users worldwide. |
09 April 2008 |
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In a ceremony heralding the success of the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System Block IIR modernization effort (GPS IIR-M), Lockheed Martin has announced it has completed work on the last satellite in the program constellation, which features a demonstration payload that will transmit the new civil signal, known as L5. Preparations are now underway to ship the satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. for a scheduled launch in June 2008. |
07 April 2008 |
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A Lockheed Martin team has been selected by the United States Air Force to serve as its strategic partner for personnel service delivery transformation. |
07 April 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., prime contractor and systems engineering lead for the MUOS program, is under contract to design, build and deploy the first two MUOS satellites and the associated MUOS ground system. |
31 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded the Next Generation Technical Services contract by the Department of Defense. Valued at an anticipated $344 million, the contract calls for operation and maintenance of the high performance computing centers at four major Department of Defense scientific research sites. |
24 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $23.9 million contract modification from Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide hardware components for the next phase of full-rate production for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle (SERV) program. |
23 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft is progressing through a series of key tests that will demonstrate the integrated satellite's readiness to enter the critical environmental test phase in preparation for launch in late 2009. |
22 March 2008 |
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The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), has successfully completed another testing milestone with the 'light off' and test of the new warship's electric plant. The first ship in its class, the agile, 377-foot Freedom was designed and built by a Lockheed Martin led industry team to assist the U.S. Navy in future littoral - or close-to-shore - operations |
21 March 2008 |
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A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance
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16 March 2008 |
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The AMC-14 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES AMERICOM, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG),is ready for launch on March 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton/Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services. AMC-14, which is scheduled to launch at 5:18 a.m. in Baikonur (March 14 at 7:18 p.m. EDT), will be located at orbital location 61.5 degrees West Longitude. |
14 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received an $8.6 million Science and Technology contract from the U.S. Army Research and Development Command (RDECOM) Missiles and Aviation Research and Development Center (AMRDEC) to demonstrate a Counter Rockets, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) interceptor system. Work on the contract will be completed by November 2008. |
12 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design and build the spacecraft for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - Series R (GOES-R), the next generation geostationary environmental satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). |
12 March 2008 |
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A team headed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) has received a $5.7 million contract from DARPA to compete in Phase 1 development of their System F6 space technology and demonstration program. F6 is shorthand for 'Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange'. |
09 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force today officially announced the opening of a new Air Force National Capital Region (AFNCR) Call Center at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C |
05 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin recently completed three successful tests of the DAGR(TM) semi-active laser guidance kit for 2.75-inch/70mm rockets - two guided flight tests and a multi-purpose sled test - demonstrating the system's precision-strike accuracy, off-axis capability and delayed fuzing mode. |
01 March 2008 |
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Demonstrating its adaptability to support new and more challenging mission needs, Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully destroyed an errant United States satellite, preventing it from an uncontrolled and unpredictable reentry and potential crash to Earth. |
23 February 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated a prototype two-way video data link (VDL) for the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) during a U.S. Air Force Sniper users' conference at its Missiles and Fire Control facility in Orlando, FL. Sniper ATP provides an unrivaled aerial advantage on the battlefield. Airmen were impressed with the next-generation of VDL capability demonstrated at the event. |
23 February 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin A2100 communications satellite fleet recently achieved a major milestone by accumulating 200 years of successful in-orbit operations. |
13 February 2008 |
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The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) recently completed its System Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a major milestone in the program's development. |
11 February 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received $194 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for production of the combat-proven Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). |
11 February 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received $194 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for production of the combat-proven Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). |
07 February 2008 |
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The governments of France and the United States have signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the sale of Lockheed Martin's precision-strike laser-guided HELLFIRE II missiles to France. |
06 February 2008 |
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In a successful first test of its advanced fire control system, Lockheed Martin's Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System recently performed a successful missile firing from the U.S. Navy's 'USS Desert Ship' at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). |
01 February 2008 |
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A Lockheed Martin led industry team has unveiled the Canadian Advanced Command and Control System (CanACCS-9LV) and demonstrated the team's readiness to lead the combat systems integration element of the Canadian Navy's Halifax Class Modernization Program, which will upgrade the nation's 12 multi-mission frigates. |
17 January 2008 |
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The NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Management Agency awarded a $66 million contract to incorporate the Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile as the baseline interceptor for the tri-national program. The new interceptor increases the system's range and lethality over the baseline PAC-3 Missile, which was selected as the primary missile for MEADS when the design and development program began in 2004. |
17 January 2008 |
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Themodernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 20, 2007, has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation users around the globe, following a record-setting on-orbit deployment by a joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team. |
17 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability to the Aegis-equipped Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force destroyer JS Myoko. |
16 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has recently delivered the third production Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the U.S. Navy, increasing the mine countermeasures capability for both DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The first and second RMMV were delivered to the Navy in April and August 2007, respectively. |
16 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $556 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile program. |
11 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has signed an exclusive international rights agreement to integrate and market Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU) from EEStor, Inc., for military and homeland security applications. Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed. |
11 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin and Saab Systems announced today that Saab's 9LV Combat Management System is operational in Lockheed Martin Canada's Combat System Integration Lab in Montreal. |
03 January 2008 |
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The Portuguese Ministry of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a direct commercial sale contract valued at $141 million (EUR99.7 million) to upgrade the mission system avionics on five P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft. |
03 January 2008 |
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