Lockheed Martin has won a $3 billion multiyear contract to deliver up to 50 C-130J Super Hercules to the US Air Force (USAF), US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Coast Guard. The Department of Defense awarded more than$1.5 billion in funding for the first 21 C-130J aircraft on the multiyear …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Delivered 131 F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jets In 2019
According to the Reuters report, Lockheed Martin Corp has reached its 2019 target to deliver 131 F-35 fighter jets to the United States and its allies, as the defense contractor built 47% more jets this year. The world’s largest defense contractor delivered a total of 134 of the stealthy jets …
Read More »Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Hellenic Air Force F-16 Fighter Jets Fleet
The Greek government has awarded a $280 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation to upgrade its F-16 fighter jet fleet over the next seven years, according to media reports. The DW has reported that Lockheed Martin and Greece signed the deal this week after finalizing details on Lockheed’s use of …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Starts World’s First F-16V Viper Block 70 Production
Production is underway of the world’s first F-16V Viper Block 70 at the new plant in Greenville (SC). The aircraft is destined for the Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF). The production of new F-16s has moved from Forth Worth (TX) to Greenville (SC) to facilitate the ramp-up of F-35A/B/C production …
Read More »U.S. To Purchase 478 More F-35 Fighter Jets At Around $71M Apiece
A formation flight of F-35 Lightning IIs over Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Photo courtesy of Darin Russell, Lockheed Martin) The Pentagon on Tuesday announced pricing details for its agreement with Lockheed Martin Co that lowers by 12.7% the cost of the F-35 jets it plans to purchase through 2022, …
Read More »Shunk Works Engineer Answers How Fast Was The SR-71 Blackbird
A left side view of an SR-71 aircraft from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing landing. The aircraft is silhouetted against the sunset. How fast was the SR-71? Let’s answer the question with someone who actually knows. Tim Yarrow an aviation Research and Analysis expert was an Electrical Engineer at Lockheed Martin’s …
Read More »Lockheed Martin To Manufacture F-16 Fighter Jets Wings In India
According to Reuters report US-based aerospace company Lockheed Martin’s decision to build F16 wings for their global supply to the world from India Vivek Lall, vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, said the wings of all future F-16s that the company will sell worldwide will …
Read More »Lockheed Martin awarded $800M to build Slovak Air Force F-16 Fighter jets
According to the U.S. Department of Defense Lockheed Martin has been awarded an incentive contract for F-16 aircraft production for Slovak Air Force Lockheed has won a contract valued at as much as $799,9 million to build a batch of 14 F-16 Block 70 aircraft jets (12 single-seat and 2 …
Read More »US approves $125 Million Worth Foreign Military Sale to Support Pakistan’s F-16 Fighter Jets
The US has approved $125 Million Worth Foreign Military Sale to Support Pakistan’s F-16 Fighter Jets The sale to Pakistan will require the deployment of some 60 contractor representatives, who will “provide 24/7 end-use monitoring” for the country’s US-made fleet of fighter jets, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) …
Read More »Here’s Everything we know about Mach 5+ ‘Son of Blackbird’ hypersonic jet design to replace the SR-71 Blackbird
On Jan 11, 2018, Boeing unveiled a conceptual model for a new hypersonic jet that would replace the SR-71 Blackbird at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech forum in Orlando. Here are the Details: Boeing unveils it’s Mach 5+ ‘Son of Blackbird’ conceptual hypersonic jet design to replace …
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