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• Pentagon planning to avert F-35 test delays and cost increases

  
  Sky Talk — Authority: 434
  Remember the recent report by a team of Pentagon numbers crunchers and technical experts (the Joint Estimate Team) that said the F-35 program was likely to run two years further behind schedule and $16 billion or more over its current $299 billion budget? And remember that Lockheed Martin execs said the report wasnt ...
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• Ida sitting in F-35s flight path

  
  Sky Talk — Authority: 434
  Lockheed Martin test pilot Jon Beesley was scheduled to fly the first F-35B STOVL test aircraft to the Navys Patuxent River flight test center Monday or today, but hurricane-turned-tropical storm Ida got in the way. It seems Ida has brought a lot of clouds and rain and wind into the southeastern U.S. and into the ...
  6 hours ago

• VIDEO: Japan TV profiles Shinshin stealth fighter

  
  The DEW Line — Authority: 583
  Japans lobbying to buy Lockheed Martin F-22s surely continues. But the country that assembled the F-2 fighter and designed the 787s advanced wing may want to build its own stealth fighter, the Shinshin ATD-X. This video posted on YouTube last week does a good job of introducing the Shinshins design concept. (Ill ...
  17 hours ago

• Atlas V Set to Launch Commercial Intelsat-14 Satellite Nov. 14

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 590
  Cape Canaveral, Fla., – A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, on behalf of Lockheed Martin Space Launch Services, will launch the commercial Intelsat-14 satellite from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Nov. 14 with a launch window of 12:48 – 2:18 a.m. EST.If the launch scrubs a ...
  19 hours ago

• F-35 moves by stealth

  
  Sky Talk — Authority: 434
  An F-35 disguised as an Amazonian bluebird was spotted on the road near Rendon, TX on Sunday as it tried to move quietly through the countryside without being spotted. This, as you sharp airplane aficionados can quickly tell by the folded wing tips, is an F-35C -- the Navy carrier variant. Lockheed Martin folks tell ...
  1 day ago

• Top women executives in government contracting: A Conversation with ExecutiveBiz

  
  ExecutiveBiz Blog — Authority: 127
  When it comes to government contracting, women have arrived. Look at any major government contractor, and the proof’s in their executive ranks. But that ascent hasn’t come easily. It’s involved its share of hard work, of course, as well as the task of balancing other life pursuits. Recently, ExecutiveBiz asked ...
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• Top Women Executives: Judy Marks of Lockheed Martin

  
  ExecutiveBiz Blog — Authority: 127
  JUDY MARKS Judy Marks negotiates for a living. She has ever since she began her career as an engineer, then a program manager, capture executive, and later, president of two Lockheed Martin divisions. This past February, Marks became vice president of strategy and business development for Lockheed Martin’s ...
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• Saving the Galaxy: The C-5 AMP/RERP Program

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 567
  C-5 Galaxy (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record. This FOCUS Article explains what the C-5 AMP/RERP program involves, why it’s so critical to the future of American airpower, and why it’s such a challenging project. It also covers ...
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• NASA shuttle contractor cancels merit raises for all employees

  
  The Write Stuff — Authority: 537
  EDITORS NOTE: After being alerted to an error by a reader, I have corrected this post to make it clear that USA is scrapping merit pay increases for its employees, not bonuses. Apologies for the confusion. RB CAPE CANAVERAL -...
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• Lockheed Martin Passes Important Missile Test

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 648
  On Thursday, the media got word from the U.S. Air Force of successful testing of Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) new and improved long range missiles. The successful testing, in which 15 out of 16 missiles got the desired result, should clear the way for up to $4.4 billion in contracts through 2023 after...
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• Lockheed Martin Passes Important Missile Test

  
  The Razor's Edge — Authority: 132
  On Thursday, the media got word from the U.S. Air Force of successful testing of Lockheed Martin’s ( LMT ) new and improved long range missiles.  The successful testing, in which 15 out of 16 missiles got the desired result, should clear the way for up to $4.4 billion in contracts through 2023 after a Pentagon ...
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• Pomerleau To Build New Facility For C-130 Training

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 142
  The Canadian government has invested in several C-130J transports from Lockheed Martin . These are to improve their tactical and operational mobility. The aircraft are to be built in the United States but the contract has significant offset requirements so that Lockheed will have to spend money in Canada . ...
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• First Flight Tests Of Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bombs Successful

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  Lockheed Martin successfully completed the first flight tests of the Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB). This test is a first in series of tests to evaluate the highly precise and destructive Paveway series of laser guided ammunition for the U.S Navy. The all new Paveway II Plus is outfitted with the next ...
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• Lockheed Martin To Deliver Infrared Satellite To U.S Air Force By 2010

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  The much awaited delivery of Lockheed Martin’s Space Based Infrared Satellite (SBIRS) for the U.S Air Force has been scheduled for the year 2010. The infrared satellite had been going through some rough times, with unexpected glitches and errors popping up during the test phase. However, Lockheed Martin, one of the ...
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• Walrus Heavy-Lift Blimp Rises, Falls… Rises?

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 567
  [by John MacNeill ] Goo goo g’joob! In April 2005, “ USN, DARPA See Blimps & HULAs Rising ”, looked at a range of projects on the drawing board, including the Walrus heavy-transport blimp (that’s “heavy” as in “1-2 million pounds”) which offered the potential for a faster and more versatile ...
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• Lockheed Martin Sabre Warrior UCAV Concept Has Two Noses

  
  BotJunkie — Authority: 652
  Nobody seems to know what exactly this is or if anything ever came of it, although the consensus is that it’s probably a dead concept. The two noses are kinda neat, though. I’m not sure what the aerodynamic implications are, but they certainly add a bunch of payload space. I also like the idea of an ...
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• Carrier UCAVs: The Return of UCAS

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 567
  UCAS-D concept (click to view full) In January 2006, DID noted the uncertain future of the J-UCAS program , which aimed to create Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV) for the USAF and Navy that could approach the capabilities of an F-117 stealth fighter. Boeing’s X-45C was set to face off against Northrop ...
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• GE F136 engine issues update

  
  Sky Talk — Authority: 434
  General Electric spokesman Rick Kennedy sent us a response about the problems with the F136 engine that we reported yesterday. The problem with the engine, the alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, was raising eyebrows since Congress has pushed hard to keep development of the second engine alive over ...
  1 week ago

• Lockheed Martin To Continue IT Support For Pentagon

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 142
  The Department of Defense awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to continue to provide network and IT support for the world’s largest office building, The Pentagon . The contract is worth almost $300 million . This contract is a continuation of one awarded in 2000. The Pentagon has been undergoing ...
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• Troubles for GE with F136 engine

  
  Sky Talk — Authority: 434
  Colin Clark has an interesting post on DoD Buzz today that reports of troubles with the General Electric/Rolls Royce F136 engines are causing consternation in Washington. The F136 is the second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which Congress has repeatedly funded work on against the wishes of the Department ...
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