Tag: Lockheed Martin

The Pentagon has lifted a hold on deliveries of the F-35 fighter jet, built by Lockheed Martin. Â

Pentagon lifts block on deliveries of $406 billion F-35 fighter jet

James Langford · May 7, 2018 9:20 pm

The new USS Little Rock arrives at Buffalo harbor with a police and fireboat escort, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The littoral combat ship will be docked on the Lake Erie waterfront until its commissioning Dec. 16, 2017.

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House lawmakers want to stuff two more littoral combat ships into the Navy’s budget

Travis J. Tritten · April 25, 2018 7:29 pm

The Lockheed Martin F-35B, at an unveiling ceremony in Texas in 2007. A contractual dispute over the jet halted deliveries to the U.S. military earlier this year.

Lockheed boosts sales target to $50 billion despite F-35 tiff

James Langford · April 24, 2018 5:54 pm

The US Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight.

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Pentagon refuses delivery of most Lockheed Martin F-35 jets in latest dispute: Report

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2018 8:46 pm

F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighters land at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 15, 2017.

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Air Force has no plans to cut F-35 purchases despite upkeep concerns, general says

Travis J. Tritten · March 29, 2018 2:59 pm

In a video released by the Marine Corps, a detachment of planes with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 can be seen flying over the USS Wasp before stopping at a hover and landing vertically on the amphibious assault ship's flight deck. (Screenshot)

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WATCH: For the first time, Marine F-35s land aboard ship for historic deployment

David Brown · March 5, 2018 8:33 pm

"The price is coming down, but it is not coming down fast enough," Vice Adm. Mat Winter, program executive officer for the F-35, told reporters. (George Frey/Bloomberg)

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Admiral warns price of F-35 must come down or jet will become unaffordable

Jamie McIntyre · February 28, 2018 9:56 pm

Since the F-35's inception in the late 1990s, the price tag for the stealthy plane has skyrocketed from a vastly over-optimistic estimate of $40 million a copy, to more than $100 million, with projected costs topping $1 trillion to keep the aircraft flying over its projected 60-year lifespan. (George Frey/Bloomberg)

F-35 takes flak, but still flying high

Jamie McIntyre · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Parts are assembled before being attached to a vessel under construction at the General Dynamics shipyards in San Diego in late 2015. The company is bucking the trend among military contractors by expanding in the information-technology arena.

General Dynamics’ $9.6 billion deal shows how much size matters for tech work

James Langford · February 13, 2018 11:37 pm

President Trump arrives to sign the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 12. But the NDAA provides no actual money to the Pentagon and analysts believe lawmakers will eventually settle on deal to fund at least the 10 percent increase in base defense spending requested by the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Defense industry poised for boost by ‘Trump tailwind’

Travis J. Tritten · January 16, 2018 5:01 am

Despite repeated questioning, Rood refused to rule out seeking a waiver to an ethics agreement that bars him from taking any part in Lockheed business for two years. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek )

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Senate easily confirms Pentagon’s No. 3 despite opposition from Elizabeth Warren

Travis J. Tritten · January 3, 2018 11:11 pm

Despite repeated questioning, Rood refused to rule out seeking a waiver to an ethics agreement that bars him from taking any part in Lockheed business for two years. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek )

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Nominee for Pentagon policy chief advances after grilling from John McCain, Elizabeth Warren over industry conflicts

Travis J. Tritten · November 30, 2017 6:53 pm