Lockheed Martin Deepens Ties with Indian Defence Supply Chain Lockheed Martin, the US aerospace major shared information about new partnership opportunities with the Indian defence industry during the five-day virtual annual suppliers’ conference concluded on July 31. In a statement released by the company said that these opportunities with the Indian industry are in areas like space, aeronautics, rotary and mission systems (RMS) and missiles and fire control (MFC) and space.

Lockheed Martin said it will compete to build the Missile Defense Agency’s Next-Generation Interceptor designed to protect the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missile threats from North Korea and Iran. The company is “excited to confirm that we are putting in a bid for the Next-Generation Interceptor,” Sarah Reeves, Lockheed’s vice president of missile defense programs, told reporters Aug. 3.

Lockheed Martin collaborates with 50 Australian companies creating ... Lockheed Martin has provided unprecedented opportunities to Australian industry by contracting 50 Australian companies in production for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter which translates to over 2,000 jobs. On top of the jobs created, the program has provided in excess of $1.7 billion in export dollars, which “creates real opportunities for a long time to come,” according to Deputy Country Executive, Lockheed Martin Australia & New Zealand Scott Thompson.

A formation of US Air Force C-130Js fly towards a drop zone during an exercise. Lockheed Martin has been awarded USD15 billion to cover work through to 2030, which follows an earlier 2016 award for USD10 billion to cover production through to 2016.  (US Air Force)Lockheed Martin has been awarded USD15 billion to support all remaining C-130J Hercules work through to 16 July 2030. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, which was announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 17 July, covers domestic and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) work related to the four-engined airlifter built at the company’s Marietta facility in Georgia.

F 35s 13 July 2020Military avionics experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. are preparing to integrate new electronic warfare (EW) systems into the avionics systems of lot-17 F-35 jet fighter-bombers for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced a $56.1 million order Thursday to the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics segment in Fort Worth, Texas,..

Japan F-35 Mt Fuji hi-resJapan has been cleared by the US State Department to buy 105 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters as part of a package worth an estimated $23.11 billion. The potential F-35 deal is the second largest foreign military sale approved by Washington in history, behind a $29.4 billion sale of Boeing F-15SA fighters and associated weapons to Saudi Arabia in 2010.

Lockheed Martin receives contract from US Navy to integrate technological improvements to warships 925 001According to a contract released by the U.S. doD (Department of Defense) on July 6, 2020, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $12,805,321 not to exceed, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for materials and engineering services required to develop and integrate technological improvements for the DDG-51 hull; mechanical and electrical machinery control systems (MCS); ..

LockheedLockheed Martin Australia has signed a new contract with the Australian Department of Defence for ongoing sustainment of the Tactical Air Defence Radar System (TADRS). The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is using the system for air surveillance operations. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said that the five-year A$50m ($34.6m) contract will sustain the mobile TADRS.

AGM-158C LRASMThe Australian Department of Defence (DoD) is to buy an unspecified number of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), the country's defense minister, Linda Reynolds, confirmed on July 2. A Foreign Military Sales deal to sell 200 LRASMs to Australia was approved by the U.S. State Department in February. In Australian service, the LRASM will initially arm the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, but will subsequently be integrated to other platforms.

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