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F-16V foreign military sale totaling $3.86 billion approved to Bahrain - News
September 12, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a request from Bahrain to procure 22 new Lockheed Martin F-16V Fighting Falcons and to upgrade its existing fleet of 20 similar aircraft, in two separate deals valued at a combined $3.86 billion.
Avionics
Helicopter-based electronic warfare system passes Navy review - News
September 06, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lockheed Martin reported that its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system has passed its Preliminary Design Review from the U.S. Navy on schedule, which means that the system has demonstrated outstanding sustained performance. The AOEW system will provide Navy MH-60 helicopters with enhanced electronic warfare (EW) surveillance and countermeasure capabilities against anti-ship missile (ASM) threats.
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U.S. Air Force's GPS III space vehicle completes acoustic testing - News
September 05, 2017
DENVER. Lockheed Martin engineers completed a realistic simulation of the second GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV02) during its future launch experience and passed this critical acoustic environmental test. The test was conducted on July 13.
Avionics
CH-53K King Stallion helicopter production to begin - News
September 04, 2017
STRATFORD, Conn. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, selected Lockheed Martin for a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1 contract to build two production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. The contract is worth $303,974,406 million.
Radar/EW
Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock completes acceptance trials - News
September 01, 2017
MARINETTE, Wis. The future USS Little Rock, the fifth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine, completed acceptance trials earning the right to fly brooms atop its mast signifying a clean sweep of the ship's sea trials.
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Navy, Lockheed Martin test Aegis Combat System against ballistic missiles - News
August 30, 2017
PACIFIC MISSILE FIRING RANGE, Hawaii. The USS John Paul Jones -- with support from the U.S. Navy, the Missile Defense Agency, and Lockheed Martin -- successfully fired two Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual I missiles against a medium-range ballistic missile target from the Aegis Combat System on August 29, according to Lockheed Martin officials.
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New nuclear missile design concepts to be matured by Lockheed Martin, Raytheon - News
August 25, 2017
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. U.S. Air Force officials selected Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to mature design concepts and prove developmental technologies for the Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) missile program.
