TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a two-year, $8.2 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to develop and maintain avionics systems for the future presidential helicopter, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company’s logistic services subsidiary will provide the design, develop hardware and software as well as …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has provided the heat shield for the Orion crew module of NASA‘s Exploration Mission-1 and delivered the component to the Kennedy Space Center, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NASA said Saturday it then transported the heat shield to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in preparation …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 18, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a pilot training facility for the T-50A trainer aircraft in South Carolina as it eyes the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer replacement contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the facility will house tooling and manufacturing equipment for the T-50A’s …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has said NASA can use a manned spacecraft orbiting Mars as a platform to send humans to the planet by the 2030s as part of the company’s Mars Base Camp concept, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Popular Science reported Wednesday that Lockheed is …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 13, 2016 — Denmark plans to place an order worth approximately $3 billion for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jet as replacement for the country’s F-16 fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Defense News reported Thursday the potential foreign military sale covers 27 F-35s to support national security …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 29, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has hired Kay Sears, formerly president of Intelsat General, as its space systems organization’s new vice president for strategy and business development, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Lockheed said March 22 Sears will be in charge of the business unit’s strategic planning, …