The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year contract worth upwards of $500 million to manufacture more than 200 electronic Consolidated Automated Support Systems (eCASS), with a view to maximizing aircraft readiness. Currently, sailors use eCASS to troubleshoot and repair avionics both ashore and at sea, allowing them to quickly ...
Boeing will deliver the first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft – the MQ-25 aerial refueler – to the US Navy, fending off rival bids from Lockheed Martin and General Atomics. Having won the coveted $805 million contract, Boeing will undertake MQ-25 construction at a site in St. Louis, Missouri. Here, engineering and ...
A new breed of advanced, higher-power, harder-to-jam GPS III satellites are making their way to the launch pad, according to the US Air Force. In August, Lockheed Martin shipped the very first US Air Force GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV01) to Cape Canaveral for launch in December. Designed and ...
Lockheed Martin has successfully delivered the 52nd modernised C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport at its Marietta, Georgia facility as part of the US Air Force Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP). This final delivery completes the RERP upgrade, which first began in 2001 and extends the lifespan of the entire C-5 ...