The US Navy has officially commissioned its newest freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Wichita. During a ceremony held at Naval Station Mayport in Florida – where the USS Wichita will one day be based – US Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas delivered the principal address. In time-honored US Navy ...
The United States and allied military forces will upgrade their missile defence capabilities under a $1.8 billion contract for production and delivery of Lockheed Martin Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors. The contract includes deliveries for the US Army and Foreign Military Sales of PAC-3 ...
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to US Air Force operational units, achieving Early Operational Capability (EOC) status ahead of schedule. After successfully completing the required integration, flight testing and modeling and simulation, warfighters accepted the first of many tactical production units, meeting key criteria for the ...
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has contracted Lockheed Martin to design and build its $585 million Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii (HDR-H) in Oahu, Hawaii. According to Lockheed Martin, the state-of-the-art radar will provide ‘autonomous acquisition’ and ‘persistent precision tracking and discrimination’, optimizing the defensive capabilities of the Ballistic Missile Defense System ...