Lockheed Martin
Tatas launch three new aerospace projects in Hyderabad
15 Feb 2011
Products manufactured at Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructure will form a key component for Lockheed Martin's C-130 aircraft
F-22 not to join Aero India show on final day
11 Feb 2011
Lockheed to deliver IAF’s first C-130J Super Hercules next week
10 Dec 2010
The first of the six C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft would be delivered to India on 16 December, Lockheed Martin said Friday. India has options for another six.
India's first C-130J Super Hercules runs engines ahead of maiden flight
24 Sep 2010
Lockheed Martin has said it has run the engines of the first of India's six C-130J Super Hercules airlifters on Tuesday, ahead of its maiden flight early next month.
Pentagon confirms cost of Lockheed Martin's F-35 up by 60-90 per cent
12 Mar 2010
The Pentagon has confirmed in testimony before the US Congress that the cost of Lockheed Martin’s prestigious F-35 stealth fighter programme has increased 60-90 per cent in real terms since 2001.
Lockheed’s fifth generation F-35 fighter programme in deep turbulence
03 Mar 2010
US Air Force secretary, Michael Donley, said Tuesday that a major cost overrun in Lockheed’s F-35 JSF programme was very likely and this would trigger a mandatory review of alternatives.
Japan hedges its bets on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter
By Rajiv Singh | 23 Nov 2009
The Japanese ministry of defence has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning-II as its next mainstay fighter jet but will sign a contract only in 2011, in order to ensure that the much-talked about stealth jet actually delivers on its performance parameters.
Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor – a maintenance nightmare
By Defence Bureau | 11 Jul 2009
Defence secretary Robert Gates may be on firm ground seeking to scrap the controversial F-22 Raptor programme with the aircraft requiring more than 30 hours of maintenance for every hour that it spends in the skies, easily outstripping the cost of keeping other fighters in the skies.
Lawsuit claims Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor has defective stealth coatings
08 Jul 2009
The USAF’s F-22 Raptor programme is set to run into fresh controversy with a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that the company has supplied defective stealth coatings on the aircraft, calling into question the effectiveness of the whole programme.
Lockheed Martin keen to supply Aegis missile defence system to India
14 May 2009
Having failed to elicit a favourable response from India for its Patriot PAC-3 missile defence system so far, Lockheed is now actively pitching for the supply of its much touted Aegis missile defence system to the country.
AeroIndia 2009: Lockheed Martin deploys four F-16s at Air Show
10 Feb 2009
US aviation and aerospace major Lockheed Martin has flown in four F-16 Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters for the AeroIndia 2009 Air Show being held here at the Yelahanka Air base.
Lockheed signs MoUs with 30 Indian cos; says Navy interested in F-35 JSF
05 Feb 2009
Lockheed Martin has said that the Indian Navy has expressed an interest in the F-35B short take-off and vetical landing joint strike fighter. It said that its F-16IN offering for teh MMRCA bid was the key to all such technologies.
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