Opinion
Air Force marks key signpost in robot wingmen award
Anduril and General Atomics are well known in the defense industry. But their selections for phase one of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program stand out for who they went up against and where the tech is going.
Opinion
Sikorsky, Rain demo autonomous firefighting helicopter
The companies integrated their autonomous flight and wildfire detection technologies into a Black Hawk helicopter.
Contracts
Air Force chooses 17 for $499M anti-tampering tech contract
Three incumbents will continue onto this expanded iteration of the program focused on defending against unintended technology transfers or alterations by adversaries.
Companies
Lockheed's venture arm backs weather tech company
Meteomatics operates a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles that work to collect weather data on an hourly basis.
Contracts
NGA brings in more companies for $795M research, development contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency uses this program to further iterate its hardware and software capabilities.
Contracts
Navy wraps up awards for $250M undersea tech contract
Some of the program's core functional areas include payloads, propulsion, electrical power, guidance and control, and non-payload sensors.
Companies
HawkEye 360 adds Lockheed's venture arm as investor
The companies are also entering into a new partnership arrangement focused on advancing remote sensing and radio frequency technologies.
Companies
Vayu Robotics makes its debut with initial investors
Lockheed Martin's venture arm is one of Vayu's early backers as the artificial intelligence startup looks to further scale its robotic product development efforts.
Contracts
Special Operations Command starts process to recompete $8B logistics contract
A pair of site visits are on the calendar for companies interested in this largest of SOCOM's service contracts currently held by Lockheed Martin.
Podcasts
WT 360: For Lockheed's ventures team, its investments are merely step one
Chris Moran, executive director and general manager of Lockheed Martin's venture capital arm, takes us behind the scenes of their work with startup technology companies after the investment and how that larger ecosystem really operates.
Contracts
Lockheed, Northrop share $1.5 billion contract for new transport satellites
This batch of 72 satellites will begin launching in 2026 and function as “the space backbone for the Joint All Domain Command and Control.”
Companies
Lockheed promotes new human resources leader
The 35-year company veteran will now oversee HR and workforce development functions for all 116,000 employees.
Companies
Lockheed acquires stake in one of its component suppliers
The defense giant deepened its relationship with a company that uses 3D printing to make certain products for flight applications.
Companies
Computing and AI feature in this week's major venture investments
AEI HorizonX's newest investment targets a computer programming language specialist, while Lockheed Martin's venture capital arm continues its backing of a company focused on trusted artificial intelligence.
Companies
Propulsion tech maker fetches $13M from Lockheed's venture arm, other investors
Agile Space Industries is looking to scale up its production operations and test infrastructure.
Companies
Lockheed fears L3Harris will block access to Aerojet’s rockets
Lockheed Martin has begun making investments in other rocket makers amid its concern over what L3Harris Technologies' agreement to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne means.
Companies
Lockheed, GlobalFoundries form secure chip manufacturing team
GlobalFoundries is among the handful of the world's largest semiconductor makers and for this partnership, is working with the globe's largest defense company on a more resilient chip ecosystem.
Companies
Red 6 fetches $70M in Series B investment round
The five-year-old company is looking to disrupt the military pilot training domain with its augmented reality system.
Companies
Fortify fetches $12.5M in capital for advanced manufacturing
The venture investment arms of two large defense companies participated in this round as they look for new ways to make products.
Contracts
Air Force chooses 3 dozen for $32B training system recompete
This is iteration number four of the Training Systems Acquisition vehicle that covers a broad range of products.
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