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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin has successfully completed acoustic testing of the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System SBIRS program. The U.S. Air Force's SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other...
Team Provides a Highly Reliable and Cost Effective End-to-end Cargo Servicing Capability by 2011, Creating 350 New Jobs in Florida and adding $300 million to the Florida economy Plans to Use Florida's New Commercial Launch Pad CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PlanetSpace announced today it...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin has delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System SBIRS program. The U.S. Air Force's SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), which supplies advanced technology systems, and Raytheon (NYSE:RTN), a provider of defence and homeland security technology, have been working together to update air traffic systems at four US airports. The Raytheon-Lockheed Martin team have developed and installed automated...
Controllers in Chicago, Denver, St. Louis and Minneapolis-St. Paul Now Using New Systems ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Controllers serving four major U.S. airports are now using terminal air traffic control systems modernized by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon . As part of the Federal Aviation...
DALLAS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Airmen of the German Air Force Luftwaffe, supported by Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army Lower Tier Project Office, successfully conducted the second international PAC-3 Missile flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The test successfully fired a PAC-3 Missile...
DENVER, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin recently delivered the backshell for the Mars Science Laboratory MSL to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The backshell is half of the large and sophisticated two-part aeroshell that will encapsulate and protect the MSL rover during its deep space...
MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Italian Air Force has achieved 75,000 flight hours with its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, amassing an impressive record that includes the first combat missions flown in the C-130J and the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies. ...
In the news release, Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Achieves 75,000 Flight Hours With Italian Air Force, issued earlier today by Lockheed Martin over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the second paragraph, first sentence, should read "in August 2000" rather than "in August 2008" as originally...
Oct 13, 2008 Pentagon's 2010 budget to be squeezed by financial bailouts Lawmakers in search of cash to bail out the financial industry could look for deep cuts in defense budgets, industry leaders fear. "No one really yet knows when or to what extent defense spending could be affected,...
Test Provides Risk Reduction Data for NASA and Lockheed's Development of Orion MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems have successfully concluded initial testing and deployment of the UltraFlex solar arrays for NASA's New Millennium Program Space Technology 8 Project (NMP ST8). The project will...
MANASSAS, Va., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a cooperative agreement contract with a maximum value of $1.2 million by the U.S. Department of Energy DOE to demonstrate innovative technologies to enable ocean thermal energy power generation. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion OTEC uses the...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer IBEX mission -- the first designed to globally image the extreme edge of our solar system -- is ready for launch on a Pegasus rocket from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, on October 19. The Lockheed...
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30 million contract to lead the U.S. Army's modernization of the M299TM launcher family. The modernization program calls for a multi-platform missile launcher to carry and launch the family of HELLFIRER II missiles from current...
GTN Records 10 Billionth Transaction in Tracking and Managing Forces, Material and Support Personnel Throughout DoD Distribution Chain MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin has won a $41-million contract from the U.S. Transportation Command USTRANSCOM to extend sustainment of the Global Transportation Network GTN...
Sep 8, 2008 Boeing Strategic airlift remains a key capability shortfall for the UK, despite the Ministry of Defence's recent completion of a six-aircraft purchase of Boeing's C-17, says one of the Royal Air Force's highest-ranking officers. Praising the performance of the UK's C-17s, the first four of...
Sep 1, 2008 Flight tests and full-scale engine demonstrators for evaluating non-conventional fuels is to be a focus of co-operation between the US Air Force Research Laboratory and the University of Dayton Research Institute UDRI in Ohio over a six-year contract. During the six years the "fuels and combustion...
FBI seeks the best of the best in nonproprietary, interoperable biometrics collection tools. Bionics made Col. Steve Austin better, stronger and faster as the lead 1970s television character in The Six Million Dollar Man so he could defeat fictional bad guys, but it will be biometrics that make...
Bay Bridge traffic alert! The Maryland Transportation Authority said it has closed a lane of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to install safety measures following a fatal accident earlier this month. The closure of the right lane of the eastbound span will remain in effect for the next two...
The Stephen Low Film Emphasizes Aviation History, Milestone Designs, Advanced Production Techniques and Unprecedented Flying Sequences - As the Planes of the Past Set the Stage for the Debut of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A-380 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Building upon the success of more than 150...
