MilitaryLockheed, Universal Synaptics Partner to Address Fighter Jet Faults Lockheed Martin will be the systems integrator of two Universal Synaptics automated test equipment solutions across key Defense Department programs under a new intermittent fault detection technology licensing agreement. The Universal Synaptics…
MilitaryLockheed's Skunk Works to Fill the Engineering Pipeline Ahead of 500 Hires Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works advanced development division will be looking to hire 500 engineers over the next few years, and the supply simply isn't there, according to Skunk Works head and company…
MilitaryLockheed Lowering F-35 Simulator Costs Through 3-D Printing Lockheed Martin is using 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, technology to lower the cost of manufacturing F-35 flight simulators by an estimated $11 million over the next five years. Using new…
MilitaryF-35 Training Subsystems to be Produced by Cubic, Leonardo Leonardo DRS and Cubic Global Defense will deliver more than 500 P5 combat training system (P5CTS) internal subsystems for use in F-35s beginning with lot 12. More than 500 systems have been…
Military$6 Billion Awarded to Lockheed Toward Lot 12 F-35 Production The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract modification that allows the company to take the first steps toward a Lot 12 contract of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter worth up…
MilitaryDMT Will Enable Up to 12 F-35 Pilots to Virtually Fly Together Pilots training to fly the F-35 Lightning II will soon have the ability to virtually fly with up to 12 flight simulators networked together across different bases and training facilities as if…
MilitaryWith 'Sincere Regret,' Airbus Accepts Belgian Selection of F-35 Over Typhoon Airbus has released a prickly response to Belgium's announcement that it will purchase 34 Lockheed Martin F-35As to replace its aging F-16 fighter fleet, saying it has "taken note" of the decision…
MilitaryF-35s Grounded Worldwide Over Engine Fuel Tube Concerns The U.S. military's most sophisticated fighter aircraft fleet was temporarily suspended from operations beginning Thursday as the Defense Department worked to determine which of their platforms had a suspect part that could…
MilitaryRejuvenating the Raptor: Roadmap for F-22 Modernization The F-35 isn’t the only fifth-generation fighter in the U.S. military’s fleet, and Lockheed Martin is renovating the F-22 Raptor to drive that point home and catch the 15-year-old jet up with…
MilitaryF-35 Costs Cut: Advanced Fighters For Less than $90M Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department have agreed on a new $11.5 billion contract that brings the price of an F-35A below $90 million for the first time. The new contract, which covers 141 F-35s and will go into…