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Lockheed Martin has released more details about its Mako hypersonic missile that the company is building for the US Air Force and international customers. The multi-mission missile that flies at Mach 5+ can be launched from on a wide variety of aircraft.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Lockheed Martin, Hypersonic, Missile Defense
The US Air Force has completed testing of its hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. The test was carried out on March 17, 2024 when the missile was dropped from a B-52H Stratofortress at the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Air Force, Hypersonic, Lockheed Martin
Space agency NASA and aerospace company Lockheed Martin have presented their experimental X-59 supersonic jet, which has a form designed to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Read more
With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: NASA, Lockheed Martin, Supersonic
Under a US$33.7-million Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract, Lockheed Martin is developing a next-generation nuclear-reactor-powered spacecraft for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) High Power program.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Lockheed Martin, Nuclear, Ion propulsion
Lockheed Martin has successfully tested the latest in its family of missiles. Its next generation Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER GMLRS) reached a record 150 km (93 miles) at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Army, Lockheed Martin, Missile Defense
America's Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for countering rogue state ICBM attacks has passed a major milestone. Lockheed Martin has announced that the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has passed all design elements of the company's NGI missile project.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Missile Defense
Lockheed Martin is raising the bar on its 300-kW laser weapon system, announcing it is scaling it up to 500 kW under a new contract from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (OUSD (R&E)).Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Lockheed Martin, Laser weapon
In an autonomous orbital ballet, Lockheed Martin's In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS) completed a demonstration of how highly automated CubeSats can upgrade and service increasingly common constellations of small satellites.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Lockheed Martin, CubeSat
The options for a practical hypersonic missile for the US have narrowed to one after Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Andrew P. Hunter told the House Armed Services Committee that the Department of Defense is cancelling Lockheed Martin's ARRW (AGM-183A) program.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Lockheed Martin, Hypersonic, US Air Force


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