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Dutch To Buy 37 F-35s, Says Report
Reuters is reporting this: The Netherlands will purchase 37 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, a decision that should end years of...
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Drop in Numbers of F-35s Being Ordered Could Mean Increased Costs For a...
Defence Watch Editor’s Note: There was some relief last week in the F-35 camp, when news came that the Netherlands was committing to the purchase of 37 of the stealth fighters. The plan sets a budget...
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Retired Lt.-Gen. Charles Bouchard To Lead Lockheed Martin Canada
News release from Lockheed Martin: OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 24, 2013 /CNW/ – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced that retired LGen Charles Bouchard has been appointed the country lead for...
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Bouchard To Help Lockheed Martin Seal The F-35 Deal With The Harper...
From the Canadian Press: OTTAWA – The former commander who led NATO forces through the 2011 bombing and blockade of Libya has been appointed to head up the Canadian operations of Lockheed Martin, the...
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Cost of F-35A Model – $113 Million Each
The Pentagon on Friday awarded Lockheed Martin and the F-35 team two contracts worth about US$7 billion, for 71 more F-35 fighter jets. For the US Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and the air forces of...
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U.S. Expert to Discuss The Defence Industry and Lockheed Martin’s Influence
Notice from the Rideau Institute: OTTAWA – The Rideau Institute will present noted defence expert and author William D. Hartung as he shares his in-depth knowledge on the defence industry, especially...
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Author of Lockheed Martin Book Says U.S. Jobs Main Priority For F-35 Program
News release from the Rideau Institute: OTTAWA – Canada should be wary of its relationship to the defence industry, especially in regard to the American defence firm Lockheed Martin, U.S. expert...
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Statistics Canada Says It Is Impossible For Lockheed Martin To Pilfer...
From the Canadian Press: TORONTO – A senior Statistics Canada manager says it’s impossible for giant American arms maker Lockheed Martin to pilfer information on Canadians. Yves Beland says the agency...
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Lockheed Martin And Pilatus Aircraft Join Forces For Australian Pilot...
News release from Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Pilatus Aircraft, supported by Hawker Pacific, today announced a teaming agreement to compete for pilot training for the Australian...
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Justice Department Lawyers Lambasted For Prosecuting 89-Year-Old Peace...
From Canadian Press: TORONTO – A Toronto judge lambasted the government Wednesday for its prosecution of an 89-year-old peace activist who refused to fill out the 2011 census, and found her not guilty....
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Investigators determine likely cause of F-35 engine fire
The likely cause of the F-35A engine fire June 23 that eventually resulted in a fleetwide grounding is excessive rubbing between the turbine blades and the cowling, Aviation Week is reporting. The...
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RAF Flies Typhoons and F-35 together as part of interoperability tests
To assist the UK’s Armed Forces in preparing for operating Typhoon and F-35 together in 2018, a series of live simulated mission scenarios are taking place involving the latest standards of F-35 and...
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Next generation of sub-hunting Merlin helicopters enter service early
The United Kingdom’s next generation of submarine-hunting Merlin helicopters have entered service with the Royal Navy four months earlier than planned. More from the UK Ministry of Defence news...
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Lockheed Martin snags first customer for civil version of C-130J
ASL Aviation Group has become the first customer for Lockheed Martin’s LM-100J, the new civil version of its popular C-130J military cargo transport, in a move that could potentially create return for...
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Absence of F-35 from air shows a public relations embarassment
The absence of the F-35B from its highly anticipated international debut at two air shows in the U.K. was a public relations embarrassment for U.S. program leadership, prime contractor Lockheed Martin...
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U.S. defence industry looks to overseas markets to make up drop in domestic...
The United States military-industrial complex, battered by budget cuts and drops in domestic procurement, made it clear at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow that it is targeting the world...
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First two F-35s for Australia rolled out
A ceremony was held at Lockheed Martin, commemorating the official roll out of the first two F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force, the company noted in a news release. More...
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Unmanned helicopter lifted more than 4.5 million pounds of cargo during...
After lifting more than 4.5 million pounds of cargo and conducting thousands of delivery missions for the U.S. Marine Corps, the Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace Corporation K-MAX cargo unmanned...
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Russian and Chinese radar developments raise questions about U.S. stealth
The Russians and Chinese are on a path to developing radars to better “see” U.S. stealth fighters. Here is an article from USNI News, the U.S. Naval Institute’s online news and analysis portal, on the...
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U.S. surpasses Russia as India's top military equipment supplier
In the last three years, the U.S. has surpassed Russia as the number one military vendor to India, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has told the Indian parliament. USNI has the details: Starting in 2011,...
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