All articles by Dave Majumdar – Page 22
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Lockheed reveals Sea Ghost concept for USN UCLASS programme
Lockheed Martin has revealed a new concept aircraft it calls the Sea Ghost that it will propose for the US Navy's forthcoming unmanned carrier launched surveillance...
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Lockheed needs to take additional steps to regain EVMS compliance
Lockheed Martin has to take additional measures to regain full compliance with the Defense Contract Management Agency's earned value management system (EVMS)...
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Lockheed to deliver 18 more F-35s this year
Lockheed Martin has delivered 12 F-35 aircraft to the US Department of Defense so far this year, but the company is contracted to deliver 30 aircraft in...
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Lockheed awarded contract to supply Iraq with 18 F-16s
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $199 million contract to build 18 Block 52 F-16C/Ds for the Iraqi air force. The order consists of 12 single-seat F-16C...
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Anti-access/area denial challenges give manned aircraft edge over UAVs
Manned combat aircraft will remain at the tip of the spear for at least a generation and a half because in the near-term, unmanned aircraft are unable to...
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USAF pinpoints root cause of F-22 Raptor’s oxygen woes
The US Air Force has officially settled on the root cause of a series of "hypoxia-like" incidents that have been plaguing the service's fleet of Lockheed...
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EADS shows off X3 concept demonstrator near US capital
EADS is showing off its X3 compound helicopter concept to potential US civilian and military customers near the US capital. Company test pilots demonstrated...
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USAF and Raytheon sucessfully test new SDB variant
The US Air Force and Raytheon have successfully tested a new version of the 113kg (250lb) small diameter bomb (SDB) against a moving target on 17 July. The...
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USMC hopes to leverage USAF’s F-22 experience when deploying F-35B
The US Marine Corps hopes to leverage the US Air Force's experience with the F-22 Raptor to develop concepts of operations for its F-35B ...
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Panetta: First UK F-35 delivery marks milestone in bilateral security relationship
US secretary of defense Leon Panetta says that the delivery of the UK's first Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter 19 July at the company's Fort Worth,...
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First Air National Guard pilot starts transition to F-35
The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing has started training the first Air National Guard pilot on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Pratt to test new adaptive fan F135 variant next year
Pratt & Whitney hopes to test a new adaptive fan variant of its F135 afterburning turbofan in the first quarter of 2013, company officials say. "We...
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FARNBOROUGH: USAF will integrate own weapons on new AC-130J
The US Air Force will add a precision strike package designed for the Lockheed Martin MC-130W Dragon Spear aircraft onto the new MC-130J to create the AC-130J...
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed offers maritime surveillance derivative of Hercules
Lockheed Martin is offering a maritime surveillance version of its Hercules transport called the SC-130J to the international market. There are two...
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FARNBOROUGH: ITT, SNC team-up to build Vigilant Stare
Sierra Nevada Corporation and ITT Exelis are teaming up to build the Vigilant Stare wide-area airborne persistent surveillance (WAPS) system capability,...
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FARNBOROUGH: DOD takes delivery of four F-35s
The US Department of Defense has taken delivery of four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin. Of the four, three are US Air Force F-35As, while...
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FARNBOROUGH: JSF team starts testing Block 2A software
The Joint Strike Fighter team has started to test fly the Lockheed Martin-built jet's Block 2A software, says the company's top test pilot. Al Norman...
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FARNBOROUGH: TAI introduces new trainer
Turkish Aerospace Industries (H4/H2) is introducing its new Hurkus basic training aircraft at the show. It is the country's first attempt at building a home-grown...
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FARNBOROUGH: First F-35 student set to receive qualification today
The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing - the school house for the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter - is about to graduate its first non-cadre student F-35...
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed will not jump on stealth retrofit bandwagon for F-16
Lockheed Martin does not have any plans to add conformal weapons bays or podded weapons bays to its F-16 fighter to reduce its radar cross-section.