L-001, Denmark’s first F-35 Lightning II production aircraft recently flew its inaugural flight. Denmark is the fifth European NATO nation to fly and operate an F-35, strengthening NATO’s 5th generation airpower foundation. Denmark is joining four other European nations who already operate the F-35: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. Like the F-16 before it, the F-35 ...
Yet more big names have been confirmed to appear at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020 taking place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on June 23rd. Airbus and Lockheed Martin will take their place at the DPRTE Supply Chain Engagement Zone alongside QinetiQ and BAE Systems. The Ministry of Defence manage over £20 billion of third-party procurement spend every year. ...
Lockheed Martin has successfully tested its next-generation Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER GMLRS) munition in an 80-kilometer flight demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. During the flight test, the ER GMLRS round was fired from the US Army’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher, built by Lockheed ...
Lockheed Martin has secured a contract worth $414 million from the US Navy and Air Force for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production. This is the largest LRASM production contract in the history of the program. The combined Lot 4/5 contract continues production of the air-launched variant of LRASM, now operational on ...