Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary will build an uncrewed hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft prototype in partnership with General Electric’s aerospace business. GE Aerospace will provide a CT7 turboshaft engine, 1 megawatt-class generator and related power electronics for the fully autonomous Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator aircraft and support the HEX project by building on the hybrid electric propulsion platform it […] More

Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, told Defense News in an interview published Monday about his near-term priorities as head of the Lockheed Martin subsidiary and one of those is transitioning the Combat Rescue Helicopter and CH-53K programs into the production phase. “Both of them are going into [initial operational test and evaluation] IOT&E and we’re […] More

Raytheon and the U.S. Navy are working to integrate the former’s AN/SPY-6 missile defense radar into the Lockheed Martin-built Aegis combat system to be installed on the service’s guided-missile destroyers, National Defense Magazine reported Friday.

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Lockheed Martin and the Surface Navy Association have introduced a potential $50K scholarship program to help students pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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Paul Lemmo, vice president of integrated warfare systems and sensors at Lockheed Martin, has said the preliminary design review for High-Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-Dazzler with Surveillance system is set to occur in fiscal year 2019, National Defense reported Tuesday. Lockheed plans to deliver two HELIOS platforms to the U.S. Navy by FY 2020 for integration with the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and installation at a ground-based testing site as part of a potential $942.8M contract awarded in January 2018.

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Lockheed Martin has secured a $67.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of F-15 sensor suite spare parts for Saudi Arabia’s air force. Lockheed said Wednesday it will supply spares for the Infrared Search and Track, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night – Extended Range and Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod systems as part […] More

Lockheed Martin has been selected to continue the development of the U.S. Army‘s open-architecture controller for the Modular Active Protection System under two contracts. The company will develop software for rapid vehicle countermeasures against threats and hardware that comply with the MAPS architecture and safety requirements, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. “We are developing a controller that enables the […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed a series of field tests on its Infirno sensor system to check its target detection and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions. The company said Tuesday the system consists of high-definition optical sensors that work to provide infrared and color video and support precision targeting operations. Lockheed added that Infirno’s nine plug-and-play components also work to […] More

Lockheed Martin has launched a new electro-optical targeting platform as a replacement to its current EOTS and designed for the Block 4 configuration of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The company said Thursday Advanced EOTS contains an infrared marker, new resolution for image detector, high-definition television and short-wave infrared system that work to provide air-to-surface and air-to-air targeting functions […] More

Lockheed Martin has conducted the first flight test for its Legion Pod system integrated into an F-16 fighter aircraft to check the system’s capability for detecting and tracking several airborne targets. The company said Tuesday Legion Pod features an IRST21 infrared sensor, networking and data processing functions and an open systems architecture. “Legion Pod is a production-ready, multisensor system,” […] More

Paul Lemmo serves as senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin and elevated to the position in early July 2013. The more than 25-year defense industry veteran leads a business organization that has offices in 25 U.S. cities and 25 countries. Prior to this promotion, he served as business development VP for […] More

Lockheed Martin and AeroVironment have signed a global partnership agreement to jointly explore technologies such as atmospheric satellite systems for drones. The companies aim to integrate Lockheed’s mission and ground aircraft platforms with AeroVironment’s unmanned aerial system Global Observer, AeroVironment said Thursday. “We look forward to partnering with AeroVironment to potentially develop integrated solutions for the […] More