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Lockheed Martin successfully powers on SV-02 GPS III satellite; four more to follow - News
January 29, 2014
DENVER. The Lockheed Martin-GPS III team has passed a production milestone by successfully turning on power to the bus and network communications equipment payload of the second GPS III Space Vehicle 2 (SV-02) satellite.
Unmanned
ISR as a Service: Providing users with affordable surveillance and reconnaissance - Story
January 29, 2014
As the type and number of military and national security threats increase, so does the sophistication and capabilities of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems needed to address those threats. The problem, however, is that developing and operating advanced ISR systems is costly, and in many cases a user does not have the time, resources, acquisition processes, or technological maturity to make an ISR procurement practical.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin electric fiber laser achieves 30-kilowatts using Spectral Beam Combining - Other
January 28, 2014
BOTHELL, WA. Lockheed Martin demonstrated a process called Spectral Beam Combining, which sends beams from multiple fiber laser modules into a combiner that forms a single, powerful, high-quality beam. This beam culminated into a 30-kilowatt electric fiber laser, which is the highest power that has been documented while retaining full electrical efficiency and beam quality.
Avionics
Air Force gets 300th C-130J Super Hercules - News
December 23, 2013
MARIETTA, GA. The C-130J Super Hercules program saw its 300th aircraft delivered. The latest Super Hercules is an MC-130J Commando II currently assigned to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command. The Commando II supports missions such as infiltration/exfiltration, in-flight refueling, and aerial delivery and resupply of special operations forces.
Comms
More GPS III satellite funding won by Lockheed Martin - News
December 16, 2013
DENVER. Lockheed Martin won more than $200 million in contract options from the U.S. Air Force to finish production of the fifth and sixth next-generation Global Positioning System satellites, called GPS III.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin to build lander for first private unmanned Mars mission - News
December 10, 2013
DENVER. The nonprofit organization Mars One has chosen Lockheed Martin to develop and construct the mission concept study and lander for the first Mars spacecraft to embark on a private launch. The lander will be based on Lockheed Martin’s successful NASA Phoenix spacecraft that launched in 2007.
Comms
Inflight MUOS testing completed for ARC-210 SDR - News
November 21, 2013
SAN DIEGO. Rockwell Collins and Lockheed Martin engineers completed airborne testing of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) and the new Wideband Code Divisional Multiple Access (WCDMA) waveform leveraging the latest version of the Rockwell Collins ARC-210 airborne software defined radio (SDR). Rockwell Collins made the announcement at the MILCOM show in San Diego this week.
