Category: Lockheed Martin’s

In pictures: X-59 QueSST, the quiet supersonic aircraft – BBC Science Focus Magazine

Could NASA bring back faster-than-sound travel? Concorde flew from London to New York in three and a half hours. It soared at nearly twice the speed of sound, leaving an almighty sonic boom in its wake. The noise restricted where it could fly, but now NASA hopes it can resurrect faster-than-sound travel, with quiet supersonic […]

Read More In pictures: X-59 QueSST, the quiet supersonic aircraft – BBC Science Focus Magazine

AF, Navy May Both Fly DARPA Missile Mothership – Breaking Defense

WASHINGTON: DARPA plans to flight test a prototype of a novel air-launched drone — one designed to launch its own high-speed air-to-air missiles — as soon as the first half of 2024. LongShot is conceived as an autonomous, air-launched uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) that can serve as a sort of mothership, launching its own air-to-air […]

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DARPA Is Developing Aircraft-Launched Missile-Like Drones That Fire Their Own Air-To-Air Missiles

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has hired General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, to craft designs for an air-launched missile-toting air-to-air combat drone as part of a program called LongShot. In concept, a larger manned aircraft would fire this unmanned air vehicle, which could then fly to a certain area and […]

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Watch “The Nuclear Powered Flying Aircraft Attack Carrier – Never Built CL-1201” on YouTube

In 1969, Lockheed was tasked by the US air force to design a plane that was so big that it could carry 3000 troops, launch 22 parasite air to air jet fighters and fly for 41 days straight without landing. But it would never see the light of day, facing design challenges such as building […]

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F-35 Jets, F-22 Raptors Trend As China Bans US’ Biggest Defence Firms Including Boeing & Lockheed Martin

As tensions continue to mount between China and the US over Taiwan, Beijing has imposed sanctions on Lockheed Martin – the developers of stealth F-22 Raptors and F-35 jets, Boeing Defense, Raytheon as well as individuals and entities that are involved in arms sales to the island of Taiwan… More about this article in the […]

Read More F-35 Jets, F-22 Raptors Trend As China Bans US’ Biggest Defence Firms Including Boeing & Lockheed Martin

F-35 Jets, F-22 Raptors Trend As China Bans US’ Biggest Defence Firms Including Boeing & Lockheed Martin

As tensions continue to mount between China and the US over Taiwan, Beijing has imposed sanctions on Lockheed Martin – the developers of stealth F-22 Raptors and F-35 jets, Boeing Defense, Raytheon as well as individuals and entities that are involved in arms sales to the island of Taiwan… More about this article in the […]

Read More F-35 Jets, F-22 Raptors Trend As China Bans US’ Biggest Defence Firms Including Boeing & Lockheed Martin