Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $40.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for follow-on production of Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits. The contract represents the majority share of fiscal year 2014 funding and the eighth award under the five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. Deliveries will begin in June 2015 … Dowiedz się więcej
A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon sits in the anechoic chamber after completion of the initial round of testing simulations on the new M-7 software upgrade on 30 October 2014 at Eglin AFB, Florida. The M-7 software provides multiple advanced capabilities to the aircraft. The anechoic chamber, located in the Joint Preflight Integration … Dowiedz się więcej
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $90.6 million foreign military sale contract from the U.S. Army to provide Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems to the Qatar Emiri Air Force. Qatar marks the 14th international customer for the M-TADS/PNVS system. Fielded in 2005, M-TADS/PNVS provides Apache pilots with long-range, precision engagement … Dowiedz się więcej
Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti flew the second F-35A for Australia (RAAF serial number A35-002, company number AU-2) on its first flight on 1 October 2014 from NAS Fort Worth JRB. The aircraft is scheduled for delivery later this year and will be assigned initially to Luke AFB, Arizona, where it will be used … Dowiedz się więcej
Military forces from the US and partner nations, including Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, carried out airstrikes against fourteen Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, terrorist sites in Syria on 23 September. The first wave began around midnight in Syria when the crews of the USS Arleigh … Dowiedz się więcej
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has completed a six-week performance test of its 360-degree Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) at Pratica di Mare Air Base near Rome, Italy, and at MBDA Germany’s air defense center in Freinhausen in the presence of representatives from the German Air Force and guests from MEADS partner … Dowiedz się więcej