The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have developed and fielded cutting-edge AI software updates for destroyers shooting down missiles and drones in the Red Sea, thanks to a team of technical experts that analyzed data from all the shootdown events since October.
Lockheed Martin Australia signed a landmark AUD$500 million contract with the Department of Defence to build Australia's future Joint Air Battle Management System under project - AIR6500 Phase 1. This system will provide the Australia Defence Force with an advanced integrated air and missile defense capability, using next-gen technologies, to combat high-speed threats.
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® joined the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and other government and industry partners in hosting U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to fly in the X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA), a one-of-a-kind aircraft modified to test artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy capabilities.
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 2,700th Hercules multi-mission tactical airlifter, increasing the size, reach and strength of the worldwide C-130 fleet.
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $756 million contract to deliver additional capability for the nation's ground-based hypersonic weapon system, the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
Major Program Awards
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The Missile Defency Agency selected Lockheed Martin to deliver the Next Generation Interceptor.
NASA selected Lockheed Martin to develop Next Generation Weather Satellite Constellation. The total estimated value of the contract including options is $2.27 billion.
Precision Fires launchers programs received undefinitized contracts worth nearly $1.3 billion for HIMARS production and M270A2 upgrades. The contracts include domestic and international sales.
In partnership with the U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the 12th Integrated Test Event with four LRASM missiles simultaneously in flight. The historic event is a graduation exercise for the missiles' latest configuration and lays the foundation for increased capabilities to come.
Next-Gen Space Capabilities
GOES-U, an advanced weather satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), successfully launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Lockheed Martin was selected to develop and build the nation's next generation weather satellite constellation, Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO).
NASA has selected Carbon Investigation (Carbon-I), a Caltech-led program in collaboration with NASA JPL, Carnegie Science and Lockheed Martin, for a one-year feasibility study to map carbon dioxide and methane emissions globally at a higher-than-ever resolution.
Supporting Allied Deterrence
In May, the U.S. State Department announced it approved potential foreign military sales of Black Hawks to Austria, Brazil and Sweden. In April, the Government of Greece signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) making official its intent to procure 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, a deal estimated at $1.95B.
The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the Polish Air Force stood with weight on wheels for the first time, a significant milestone for the jet as it moves down the production line at Lockheed Martin's mile-long assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
Poland officials signed a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 400 JASSM-ERs - the largest international order in program history - providing the international partner with the latest-generation JASSM variant.
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