TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) are among the companies that have been named to an advisory board for a new council co-led by Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and Presidential Adviser Ivanka Trump that focuses on the U.S. workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Bloomberg …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with a joint venture between Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Thales to deliver command-and-control technology in support of NATO’s air and ballistic missile defense system, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. ThalesRaytheonSystems will serve as system integrator and work with Lockheed to …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $164 million contract modification to continue field support services for the Missile Defense Agency‘s anti-ballistic missile defense system. The modification would increase the ceiling value of Lockheed’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Field Support contract from $561 million to $725 million, the Defense Department said …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 18, 2018 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has concluded quality tests on a titanium container that it built with 3D-printed parts to store fuel for the LM 2100 satellite bus as part of a multiyear development effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said July 11 it used the Electron Beam …

A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) joint venture has secured contracts worth $170.5 million combined to supply fire control radar components for the U.S. Army‘s lots 7 and 8 Apache AH-64E helicopters. Longbow will supply FCR mast mounted assemblies, radar electronic units and spares to the Army as well as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 16, 2018 — Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works division has collaborated with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct a series of flight tests in an effort to demonstrate integrated operations between air, space, land, sea and cyber platforms in contested environments, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Defense Department have reached a “handshake agreement” for the company to produce 141 F-35 fighter aircraft for the U.S. and foreign partners, Defense News reported Sunday. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, said in a statement the joint program office and Lockheed are …

A first look at the LM-100J, with Chief Test Pilot Wayne Roberts, talking before the Farnborough International Airshow 2018

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 13, 2018 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is anticipating its training facility in Marietta, Ga., for the C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft and its LM-100J commercial variant to receive clearance to begin operations by September, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Shephard Media reported Wednesday that the Hercules Training Center aims to …

  We believe the best assets aren’t built — they’re trained. That’s why we’re leading the U.S. Army’s next major effort to maintain and sustain their global fleet of in-field training devices. Under the Army Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations Maintenance Program (ATMP), we’ll partner with the Army to …