:

Army

Lockheed Tests New GD-Built Rocket Motor For GMLRS, On Track For Qualification In 2027

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, November 10th, 2026

SHARE:

Lockheed Tests New GD-Built Rocket Motor For GMLRS, On Track For Qualification In 2027

GMLRS Alternative Warhead Firing Photo: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday said it recently completed the first test of a new General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems [GD]-built solid rocket motor (SRM) for its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The initiative with GD OTS is on track to achieve motor qualification in 2027, Lockheed Martin confirmed, which would establish a third SRM supply source for GMLRS along with Northrop Grumman [NOC] and L3Harris Technologies [LHX]. "...The recent solid rocket motor test represents an important milestone…

Congress

Top House Defense Appropriator Calvert Officially Wins Reelection Bid

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), House Republicans’ top defense appropriator, has officially won his reelection bid. Calvert was running for a redistricted seat against fellow House Republican Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), […]

Congress

No Path To Defense Reconciliation, Including GOP’s $350 Billion, Coons Says

Top Senate Democrats threw cold water on any GOP plans for a $350 billion fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill, or any defense reconciliation bill, before a new Congress is sworn in […]

Congress

Industry Groups ‘Urge’ Congress To Block Stock Buyback Restriction From Final FY ‘27 NDAA

More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]