Tag: Lockheed Martin

The White House immediately intervened and the Navy reversed course, saying it would amend its budget to request the additional ship. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / JUNG YEON-JE)

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LCS loses out in Senate panel’s defense bill

Travis J. Tritten · June 29, 2017 7:15 pm

The White House is requesting to move $500 million into the Navy shipbuilding account to pay for the second ship. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Trump officially requests second LCS for the Navy

David Brown · June 29, 2017 6:07 pm

The bill also calls for 15,000 soldiers and 1,000 Marines over the president's plans for 2018. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Senate defense authorization bill calls for hike in ships, F-35s, Super Hornets

Travis J. Tritten · June 28, 2017 11:43 pm

Removing the ship from the bill would have caused layoffs. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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House panel votes against cutting a Navy LCS from budget bill

Travis J. Tritten · June 28, 2017 5:26 pm

Doing the initial work such as machining and tooling to get the production line ready would take about $7 billion to $10 billion, and then each Raptor would cost about $200 million. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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The Air Force has no plans to restart the F-22 after a report found big costs

Travis J. Tritten · June 21, 2017 4:47 pm

Lockheed Martin and Boeing are set to turn over flight performance data to the Air Force on their proposals for the T-X jet. The new trainer will replace the T-38 Talon, above, an aging supersonic jet first used to train American pilots to fly airplanes deployed during the Vietnam War and the height of the Cold War. (U.S Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Burt Traynor/Released)

Mega stakes as defense companies face deadline on Air Force trainer bid

Travis J. Tritten · June 19, 2017 4:01 am

The Air Force is keeping a squadron of its newest F-35 fighter aircraft on the ground while it continues to probe why some pilots have reported experiencing symptoms of oxygen deprivation while in the cockpit. The temporary grounding affects only the F-35s at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Darlene Seltmann)

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Air Force extends grounding for F-35s amid oxygen problem

Jamie McIntyre · June 12, 2017 6:04 pm

The military has run up huge tabs and delays on major weapons systems such as the Ford-class aircraft carriers and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. (US Air Force)

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F-35s grounded at Arizona base after pilots report oxygen problems

Jamie McIntyre · June 9, 2017 6:38 pm

The Defense Department unveiled a proposed $574 billion base budget and a $65 billion war fund on Tuesday. It calls for purchasing 70 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

Pentagon unveils budget it calls next step in rebuilding military

Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 4:00 pm

President Donald Trump waits for the beginning of a bilateral meeting with Saudi King Salam at the Royal Court Palace, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. From left are, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Trump, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia

Daniel Chaitin · May 20, 2017 2:13 pm

The $603 billion plan calls for nine Navy destroyers instead of eight and proposes the same 70 Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighters and 14 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets projected by the prior administration. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Trump defense budget mirrors Obama on ships, aircraft, report says

Travis J. Tritten · May 16, 2017 9:09 pm

"To date, the Marine Corps has accepted 50 F-35B aircraft. Ten of those F-35Bs are now forward-deployed with [Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121] in Japan," Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for aviation, told a House panel nearly two weeks after Mattis' meeting. (Department of Defense photo)

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Trump appears to overstate F-35 presence in Japan

Travis J. Tritten · May 11, 2017 4:41 pm