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U.S. Navy needs more Super Hornets for air superiority

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- During the recent U.S. presidential campaign, Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama stressed in his principal defense position paper the need to preserve the U.S. military's "unparalleled air power" and capacity for "power projection at sea."

Lockheed Martin contracts for gun system

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. company Lockheed Martin has contracted General Dynamics for the company to provide gun systems in support of the F-35 Lightning II program.

F-35 successfully travels Mach 1.05

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter under development by U.S. company Lockheed Martin successfully flew supersonic speeds during a recent test.

Next U.S. defense chief faces hard calls on weapons spending

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The next president of the United States, to be elected Tuesday, is going to face a lot of hard choices on the defense front over the next four years, especially in the areas of budgeting and procurement.

Gripen's success hurts Saab's stock value

BRUSSELS, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Gripen mania causes delays and stock drop for Saab; Boeing joins Danish fighter jet contest; RAF to buy three more UAVs; mystery Mediterranean country buys four Alenia C24Js.

Analysis: European defense contracts

BRUSSELS, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Agusta beating Sikorsky for Indian VIP copter deal; Saab may sell Gripen to Netherlands; France, Greece, Netherlands to receive Hellfire missiles; Rosoboronexport sells APCs to Indonesia

Major defense contractors form partnership

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. companies Alliant Techsystems, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have formed a partnership to address a potential void in the weapons systems market.

ViaSat to develop next-gen CNI stimulator

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. company Lockheed Martin has awarded ViaSat Inc. a contract for a stimulator to support avionics testing of F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

Goodrich to supply door drives for F-35s

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. company Northrop Grumman has contracted Goodrich Corp. to support the production of F-35 Lightning II aircraft with weapons bay door drive technology.

LM awards deal for F-35 support

NIJMEGEN, Netherlands, July 10 (UPI) -- Netherlands-based DapTechnology has been contracted by U.S. company Lockheed Martin to support the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program.