Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) completed more than 27,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 aircraft and is now analyzing the data to determine the durability of the aircraft beyond its original design service life of 8,000 hours. The F-16C Block 50 was tested to 27,713 Equivalent Flight Hours (EFH) during 32 … Dowiedz się więcej
The first three airborne gunfire bursts from the F-35A’s internal GAU-22/A 25 mm four-barrel gun were successfully fired over the range at Edwards AFB, California, on 30 October 2015. This was the first in a series of tests to evaluate the inflight operation of the gun throughout its employment envelope. One bursts of thirty rounds … Dowiedz się więcej
When troops need to set up and quickly track incoming threats, they rely on battlefield-proven 360-degree protection provided by the Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counterfire target acquisition radar. The U.S. Army announced that it will buy an additional seven Q-53 systems valued at $85 million, ensuring that the Q-53 continues to be the radar of … Dowiedz się więcej
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the Missile Defense Agency successfully conducted a multifaceted operational test of the ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) that resulted in the successful intercepts of multiple air and missile targets launched within moments of one another. In the test, the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense … Dowiedz się więcej
A United States Air Force (USAF) RQ4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) will be used in New Zealand for the first time during Exercise Southern Katipo 2015, the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) largest military exercise. The Combined Joint Task Force will use the Global Hawk to take imagery of simulated adversary areas … Dowiedz się więcej
Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), today announced the completion of its first live flight demonstration of the Cubic Miniature Encryptor (CME) in Lakeland, Florida with partner Draken International, operator of the largest privately-owned fleet of ex-military aircraft. During the flight demonstration, Cubic successfully showcased airborne encryption of the … Dowiedz się więcej