DARPA has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth $5.8 million for the first phase of satellite integration on the Blackjack program. Lockheed Martin will define and manage interfaces between the Blackjack bus, payload and Pit Boss – its autonomous, space-based command and data processor. Additional scope includes testbed validation of internal ...
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is set to continue to evolve the U-2 Dragon Lady to support future battlespace needs under a recent contract award worth $50 million from the US Air Force. The contract includes the following upgrades to the Dragon Lady: An updated avionics suite that modernises the U-2’s onboard systems ...
Lockheed Martin delivered the US Air Force Reserve’s first HC-130J Combat King II to a crew from the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW) from Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. This HC-130J Combat King II will be operated by the 39th Rescue Squadron (RQS), which is part of the 920th RQW. These Reservists are ...
The first national security launch for the US Space Force and the final satellite to build out the protected communications constellation is now connected. The sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 4:18 p.m. ET. AEHF-6 successfully separated from its United ...