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Reagan’s Ghost Loves This Stupid Radar Video

3:20AM February 2, 2012 | Sam Biddle

This is war: 3D cones flying in every direction, dramatic music, boats everywhere, missiles, missiles, more 3D cones! If this doesn’t persuade our government to hand over money to Lockheed Martin, nothing will. More »

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Trillion-Dollar Plane Grounded Once Again

7:30AM February 1, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

I’ve lost count on the many times the F-35 has been grounded already. It feels like a $US1 trillion joke that is not funny at all. Now, 15 brand new F-35s are dead because of a stupid mistake. More »

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Marines Get The First Two Short Take Off/Vertical Landing F-35 Jets

5:00AM January 13, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

The US Air Force got their first regular F-35 Lightning II on July 2011. Now it’s the US Marine’s turn: they just got the first two production models of the F-35B, the variant that allows for short takeoff and vertical landing. More »

Science

This Is Lockheed Martin’s New Amazing Fighter

3:16AM January 6, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Last December, Lockheed Martin assembled the last F-22 Raptor ever. It’s the USAF’s one and only fifth-generation fighter (the F-35 is still far from being active). It has never seen combat. It spent part of its life grounded. Now they want to sell you a new one. More »

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This Stealth Jet Might Replace One Of The Most Popular Planes In The World

4:40AM September 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The C-130′s been around for a long, long time. Korean War old. Propeller old. It’s a hell of a tough old plane, delivering cargo and people reliably around the world, but it’s time to replace it. How ’bout this monster? More »

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The F-35 Is Cleared To Fly Again (And Still Not Fixed)

12:52AM August 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

American’s trillion-dollar fighter system is officially not too detective to be used! After electrical problems grounded the entire fleet, Lockheed’s announced they’ll take off again from Edwards AFB and Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. But they’re still broken. More »

Science

Even The Orion Spaceship Wants To Have Fun In The Pool

1:50AM August 13, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Lockheed Martin’s Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle (MPCV) is still many years and years away from seeing the cold vacuum of space. Until then, it’ll see the cold water of NASA’s Langley testing pool, getting repeatedly dunked at 90km/h. More »

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How Do You Transport A Super-Secret Plane When You Can’t Fly It?

3:20AM June 18, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

In a giganormous wooden box, that’s how. This is how Lockheed Martin was transporting this SR-71 Blackbird. You can’t see it, but it’s there, in that giant wooden box sitting on that trailer, travelling from Burbank to Palmdale. [Twitter]

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Those SecurID Tokens Aren’t As Secure As Once Thought

5:40PM June 7, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Millions of workers in millions of businesses across the US use one of these SecurID tokens to log onto their computers every morning, with the device generating a unique password every time it’s used. Nonetheless, a security breach still happened. More »

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Lockheed Martin’s Security Networks Were Hacked

1:00AM May 29, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Lockheed Martin, one of the world’s largest defence contractors, was hit hard by hackers this week who used falsified SecurID electronic tokens to gain access. The breach threatens the security of vital data on present and future military technology. More »