Weapons

The Defense Department conducted the first successful intercept by the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) target, the Missile Defense […]

A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last Wednesday. The Wednesday test, called Standard […]

The South Korean defense ministry will begin a full environmental impact assessment of the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, delaying the deployment […]

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing [BA] a $1 billion undefinitized modification to a contract procuring Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) development, the Defense Department announced Monday. The RKV is intended […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–An upgraded version of the Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter that prime contractor Boeing [BA] is pitching to the service would be ready for delivery in the early […]

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, through the U.S. Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Program Office, awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $102 million three-year contract to deliver initial training, engineering, maintenance, […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is weeks away from delivering the latest version of its F-35 aircraft maintenance software, according to a key executive. Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President and General Manager […]

The F-35A next-generation fighter scored a kill ratio of 20 times its losses in the recently completed Red Flag combat training exercise in Nevada, an Air Force general said on […]

The budget to complete system development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is about $532 million short over the next few years but the funding to complete this work will […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] expects to receive a contract for the next batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) later this year and the company is still keeping open its options […]