Terma and Lockheed Martin have jointly developed a Ballistic Missile Defense C4I system called BMD-Flex. The system is based on Terma’s T-Core C4I framework, fielded in several European Army, Navy, and Air Force systems. Lockheed Martin provides modular Command and Control (C2) products for decision support and battle management as well as system-of-systems expertise to [...]
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Deployable Airfield: 3,5 M$ to LM for Power Systems
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3.5 million contract to develop the Integrated Smart-BEAR Power System (ISBPS) for the U.S. Air Force. The Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) program equips U.S. forces with lightweight, air-transportable assets used to establish mobile air bases. ISBPS is an intelligent system that will integrate a variety of energy sources, [...]
US Navy’s Dual Band Radar Achieves X- and S-Band Milestone
For the first time, the U.S. Navy has successfully tracked targets with a multiband radar featuring a common radar suite controller.
This milestone, which took place at the Navy’s Engineering Test Center, Wallops Island, Va., was accomplished through the use of an engineering development model of the Dual Band Radar (DBR) developed by the Navy’s prime [...]
Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter
Lockheed sees possible US Navy award in 2011 or 2012
Lockheed still negotiating termination of VH-71 (AgustaWestland/Finmeccanica) with Navy
Former rivals Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said they would join forces in a follow-on U.S. Navy presidential helicopter competition even as Lockheed continued to negotiate a settlement over termination of the previous program.
Under the teaming agreement, [...]
LCS: proposal from Lockheed Martin
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team submitted its proposal for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fiscal year 2010-2014 contract to the U.S. Navy today.
Lockheed Martin is one of two industry teams competing for the contract. The Navy will award the winning team a fixed-price incentive fee contract to provide up to 10 ships as well as [...]
US NAVY LCS: life-cycle cost is a major problem
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said yesterday the service is keeping a mid-April deadline for industry bids on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), amid concerns about the losing shipbuilder protesting the contract award and a call from one side to delay the schedule.
Some observers predict the loser of the two-way contest between Lockheed Martin and General [...]
Northrop Considers Bid for U.S. Navy’s LCS
Northrop Grumman is examining both competing Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designs with an eye to possibly bidding as a second-source shipyard to build the small, fast warships for the U.S. Navy, the company’s top shipbuilder said Wednesday.
“We’re interested, we’re looking at both programs,” Mike Petters, head of Northrop Grumman shipbuilding, told Congress towards the end [...]
Finmeccanica Looks for Partner in White House Helicopter Bid
Finmeccanica SpA, Italy’s biggest defense contractor, said it is looking for a partner as the U.S. Defense Department restarts the process of replacing the ageing fleet of presidential helicopters. The group will respond with the subsidiary AgustaWestland. Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, Finmeccanica’s chief executive officer, said at a press conference in London today.
Lockheed Martin Corp. won [...]
Coast Guard takes control from Deepwater’s integrators
The Coast Guard has taken full control of developing a new flagship vessel from an embattled industry team and is determined to stay on schedule and keep costs from skyrocketing, a senior Homeland Security official told House lawmakers Tuesday.
The transition marks the end of the Homeland Security Department’s reliance on a team headed by Lockheed [...]
German Weather Service Selects Selex Systems Integration and Lockheed Martin for Wind Shear Detection at Frankfurt and Munich Airports
The German Weather Service (DWD) has signed a contract with Selex Systems Integration GmbH to deliver a Low Level Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS) for the Frankfurt and Munich, Germany airports. The systems consist of a METEOR 50DX Dual Polarisation Weather Radar, a WindTracer® Doppler Lidar, and comprehensive sensor data integration based on Rainbow5 Software. [...]
Cost is critical factor in LCS competition-US Navy
* Navy aims to move away from system integrators
* Could stage competition for combat systems later
Cost will be the critical factor the U.S. Navy uses to judge competing designs from General Dynamics Corp and Lockheed Martin Corp for a new class of fast, flexible, shallow-water warships, a top admiral said.
Rear Admiral William Landay, program executive officer for [...]
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin today launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control of their smart grid assets.
SEEsuite combines Lockheed Martin’s expertise in systems-of-systems integration, service oriented architectures, cyber security and mission-critical systems development [...]
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control of their smart grid assets.
SEEsuite combines Lockheed Martin’s expertise in systems-of-systems integration, service oriented architectures, cyber security and mission-critical systems development with [...]