While Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Skunk Works, Boeing's [BA] Phantom Works, and commercial companies, such as Hermeus, have received the ink regarding possible Pentagon development of hypersonic aircraft, Leidos [LDOS] has emerged as a viable contender on the heels of last week's $334 million U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) award for an air-breathing hypersonic aircraft demonstrator under AFRL's Mayhem program. The Pentagon said that it received six bids for Mayhem. Defense Daily will update this article with any information received…
