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U.S. Navy's first stealth fighter conducts operations on USS Carl Vinson - News
October 23, 2017
USS CARL VINSON, off the coast of southern California. An F-35C Lightning II, the Navy variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and the Navy's first stealth fighter jet, landed on and launched from USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during recent day and nighttime operations, the latest steps in its journey to becoming an operationally capable aircraft.
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Missile sensor prototype will use Lockheed Martin's GaN transmitter technology - News
October 20, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) officials selected Lockheed Martin for the technology maturation of Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) prototypes.
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NATO exercise tests air, missile defense under Aegis Combat System - News
October 19, 2017
HEBRIDES, Scotland. The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency -- in concert with Lockheed Martin and naval forces from eight NATO nations -- have successfully concluded a series of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) tests in the Atlantic Ocean during an exercise it called Formidable Shield 2017 (FS-17).
Unmanned
Air Force awards contracts to update ICBM airborne launch-control system - News
October 06, 2017
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah. The Air Force recently awarded a pair of contracts aimed at upgrading the system that enables an aircraft to control the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a silo in the ground. The three-year contracts were awarded to Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Littleton, Colorado), and Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
Unmanned
Laser weapon prototype proves itself against moving targets - News
September 21, 2017
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. An upgraded prototype laser weapon system from Lockheed Martin recently shot down five unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a 100 percent success rate, during tests held in conjunction with the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command in August.
Avionics
LegionPod will be first infrared tracking system for USAF F-15C fleet - News
September 20, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin's LegionPod has been selected as the infrared search and track (IRST) system for the U.S. Air Force's F-15C fleet; the Air Force has ordered more than 130 systems for Lockheed Martin to produce and deliver for aircraft integration.
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Skunk Works' Project Hunter exercise highlights battlespace awareness - News
September 14, 2017
PALMDALE, Calif. The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works recently participated in the Northern Edge military exercise as a demonstration of open systems architecture and its usefulness in enhancing battlespace awareness to reduce warfighters' data-to-decision time line.
