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Northrop Grumman's Center Fuselage for F-35 Lightning II aircraft

Alpheus — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:42:06 +0000

Northrop Grumman has kept its reputation of “on-time performance” intact by completing the Center Fuselage for First U.S. Navy F-35 Aircraft on schedule. Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor for the F-35 and will receive three more...

Lockheed Martin and Censorship

Graeme — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:59:07 +0000

Many of us would be familiar with some of Lockheed Martin’s greatest hits: the F22, the F35, the F117, the Trident missile, the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and many other complex and nasty tools of death, defense and destruction. ...

Solar Energy to Power RFID-based Asset Tracking Systems

Piyush — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:49:47 +0000

Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company , has recently begun deploying solar- powered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and signposts, enabling customers in the defense and commercial sectors to conserve energy and reduce costs...

American made Hercules aircraft to soar in Indian skies

Parul G — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:21:46 +0000

Now it is becoming clear that India and America are all set to forget the acrimonious of Cold War. In one more pact between India and America the Indian Air Force would be acquiring Hercules, the famed American transport aircraft, for its fleet. As...

Lockheed Martin to include demo civilian GPS signal to modernized satellites

Dharmendra — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:10:02 +0000

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin recently said to have got a $6m contract from the U.S. Air Force to include a 3rd civil signal to a GPS. The 3rd signal, which is said to be a short-term demonstration signal, will originate from a payload fixed...

Lockheed Martin gets $6M to add GPS Signal to updated Satellite

Dharmendra — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:59:59 +0000

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $6 million deal to build up & include a display payload, which will temporarily relay a third civil signal on an updated GPS IIR-M satellite. This latest deal guides Lockheed Martin and its...

US Coast Guard to relieve Lockheed, Northrop to take over 'Deepwater'

Balendu — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:47:12 +0000

Under mounting pressure from Congress, the Coast Guard on Tuesday has announced that Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin no longer will manage the $24 billion modernization of its fleet. The Coast Guard’s decision to dump Lockheed Martin...

Lockheed Martin delivers eighth and final GPS Satellite to Air Force

Dharmendra — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:48:51 +0000

Lockheed Martin Corp recently delivered the 8th and final satellite in the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR, or GPS IIR-M, production program to the Air Force. The final spacecraft, designated Block IIR-M, was modernized to...

NASA's Orion spacecraft moves one step closer to reality

Jolly — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:31:22 +0000

NASA has established a requirements baseline for Orion crew exploration vehicle. This makes the spacecraft one step closer to reality. The project completed the review stages in March in cooperation with its prime contractor,...

QSST: Goes supersonic without a boom

Jolly — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:16:42 +0000

QSST or Quiet Supersonic Transport aircraft is the latest concept aircraft from Lockheed Martin that can reach supersonic speeds without those nerve shattering sonic booms. The company has been developing the concept since the last six...