Lockheed engineers will determine the fate of the F-22s ravaged by Hurricane Michael at Tyndall Air Base

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert The F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets left behind at Tyndall Air Base, which was devastated by Hurricane Michael’s rampage across Florida, will be inspected by Lockheed Martin structural engineers. Tyndall Air Base serves as a critical training and maintenance ground for about 50 F-22s, or nearly a […]

Lockheed Starliner Headed to JFK’s TWA Hotel Grounded by Flat Tire

Lockheed Starliner Going to JFK’s TWA Hotel Gets Flat Tire Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]

Arms giant Lockheed Martin's tribute to John McCain goes down… badly

It’s rare for a military contractor to go out of its way to highlight ties to elected officials, but US defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin wrote a most heartfelt eulogy to the late John McCain. Its sentiment was not appreciated. On Sunday, a day after the American politician’s death, the Maryland-based company took to its Twitter to […]

Northrop Grumman is trying to squeeze Lockheed Martin out of Japan’s F-3 stealth fighter program

Reuters Northrop Grumman Corp is eyeing a Japanese jet fighter project that could pit it against Lockheed Martin Corp, three sources said, and has already held preliminary talks with Japanese defense industry officials. Northrop Grumman has provided Japan with a menu of technologies it could contribute to the next-generation F-3 fighter project, but not yet made any […]

Lockheed Martin forecasts higher profits in 2018 as Trump administration increases defense spending (LMT)

Thomson Reuters Lockheed Martin beat on fourth-quarter revenue and forecast a rise in earnings this year.  The US defense contractor took a $ 1.9 billion charge during the quarter, mainly because of the new tax law.  The Defense Department expects to spend about $ 391 billion over 15 years to develop and buy 2,456 supersonic […]

A Lockheed Martin executive hinted that the ultra-secret SR-72 ‘Son of Blackbird’ may already exist

A Lockheed Martin executive recently hinted that the SR-72, the hypersonic successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, may already exist. The executive said that new design tools and more powerful computers created a “digital transformation” that helped bring about “the aircraft you see there” before he showed a slide of it. It’s still unclear whether the […]

Lockheed Martin told the Air Force it’ll put a laser on a fighter jet by 2021

Reuters / Jerry Lampen The US Air Force wants to put laser guns on fighter jets, and Lockheed Martin is helping them towards that goal. The Pentagon has been working on airborne laser weapons since at least 2004. The U.S. Air Force wants to put laser guns on fighter jets. Lockheed Martin builds fighter jets […]