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24 June

The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 program achieved Milestone C approval on July 2, 2025, signaling the program’s transition into the Production and Deployment phase.

Lockheed Martin Wins $8.4B Deal to Expand Precision Strike Missile Production

The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin an $8.4-billion contract modification to boost production capacity for the Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 program.

24 June

Technology

Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Center for Experimentation and Simulation.

Jodesz Gavilan

Lockheed Martin Eyes NATO Digital Battlefield Simulation Race

Lockheed Martin has teamed with European industry partners to pursue NATO's Next Generation Modeling and Simulation competition.

18 June

Americas

An F-35 Lightning II test pilot conducts flight test Sept. 10 to certify the carrier variant of the fighter aircraft for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy Moves Closer to Pairing F-35C With LRASM Anti-Ship Missile

The US Navy has completed the first phase of the F-35C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile flight sciences test program.

18 June

Americas

Jodesz Gavilan

Lockheed Martin, GM Defense Partner to Speed Up US Military Production

Lockheed Martin and GM Defense are linking commercial auto manufacturing with defense production in an effort to speed up how the US builds military systems at scale.

17 June

Americas

Artist rendition of Lockheed Martin's GPS IIIF.

Jodesz Gavilan

Lockheed to Build Two More GPS IIIF Satellites for US Space Force

Lockheed Martin has secured a $514-million US Space Force contract to build two additional Global Positioning System IIIF satellites.

16 June

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Lockheed’s New Drone Prototype Skipped the Traditional Factory Process

In less than 12 months, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Divergent transformed a digital drone concept into a full-scale physical prototype.

15 June

Europe

Christine Casimiro

Poland’s First Three F-35 Fighter Jets Enter Service

The first batch of Polish F-35 fighter jets has officially entered service, marking Poland as the first country on NATO’s eastern flank to field the US-made fifth-generation combat aircraft.

5 June

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground recently tested the GRIZZLY vertical launcher for use with the AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), following on previous institutional knowledge testing the launcher’s use with the Hellfire missile.

Rojoef Manuel

Lockheed’s GRIZZLY Containerized Launcher Completes First Drone Kill Using JAGM

Lockheed Martin has tested its GRIZZLY containerized launcher firing a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile to intercept a Group 3 one-way attack drone, marking the first demonstration of the capability.

4 June

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

Ramjet-Powered PrSM Increment 4 Advances Toward Flight Testing

L3Harris Technologies has conducted a key propulsion test for the US Army's ramjet-powered Precision Strike Missile Increment 4 program, paving the way for flight testing to begin in the fall.

4 June

Air

Hybrid SATCOM Approach attached to a C-130J Hercules aircraft

Rojoef Manuel

Viasat to Integrate SATCOM Tech for US C-130J Hurricane Hunters

Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Viasat to equip advanced satellite communications capability on C-130J Hercules military airlifters in support of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunter program.

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