Lockheed Martin Australia

Lockheed Martin Australia and a Canberra-based satellite communications SME, Clearbox Systems, have successfully completed critical ground segment software integration as part of their teaming for JP9102. 

Lockheed Martin Australia has been selected as a strategic industry partner to develop the Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise. 

Lockheed Martin Australia has appointed former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) director of General Navy Aviation Systems, Commodore (Retd) Peter Ashworth, as its program director for Global Training Systems. 

Australia’s future space workforce has taken a giant leap forward, with Lockheed Martin Australia announcing a landmark partnership with STEM Punks, an award-winning Australian Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Education provider. 

Lockheed Martin Australia has announced that Shoal Group, a model-based systems engineering company, will be part of its JP9102 team with the aim to deliver a next-generation military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) system. 

Lockheed Martin Australia has awarded 12 contracts to Australian industry and academic organisations for a combined value of $900,000 under the Future Submarine Program, which will help develop emerging advanced technologies for the Attack Class Submarine combat system. 

The Lockheed Martin Australia contribution to the South Australian economy has been uncovered by independent advisory firm AlphaBeta, with new figures announced by South Australian Premier Steven Marshall.  At its Mawson Lakes facility, Marshall announced figures showing Lockheed Martin Australia had:  Supported 1,232 jobs across South Australia in 2019, with 465 directly employed  Contributed $103 million to South Australia’s gross state product in … Continue reading Lockheed Martin Australia makes economic contribution to South Australia →

Lockheed Martin and Thales Australia have finalised a teaming agreement to advance the delivery of an Australian guided weapons manufacturing capability to support sovereign national guided weapons enterprise. The agreement will see Lockheed Martin and Thales Australia cooperate in the design, development and production of Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile – Surface Launch (LRASM … Continue reading Lockheed Martin and Thales Australia to develop weapons manufacturing capabilities in Australia →

Lockheed Martin Australia has released an independent report into the company’s impact on building resilience in Australian sovereign capability. Lockheed Martin’s Economic Impact in Australia (the Report), produced by advisory firm AlphaBeta, now part of Accenture, shows that with a workforce of over 1,100, Lockheed Martin Australia delivers substantial economic benefits to Australia. The report’s analysis … Continue reading Lockheed Martin Australia grows presence and boosts high-value Australian jobs →

Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA), Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and the University of Newcastle has reignited its alliance for STEM education. The Altitude Accord was established in late 2018 to raise the skills base of the Hunter’s future workforce and encourage student interest in STEM careers in the defence industry. The program engages University of … Continue reading Lockheed Martin Australia STEM education partnership reignited →

Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) has announced contracts with five Australian small-to- medium-enterprises to explore Australian sovereign technologies that may be incorporated into the AIR6500 system solution. LMA, together with innovative Australian SMEs which include Consilium Technology, Consunet, Shoal, Silentium Defence and Ultra, will investigate and develop capabilities that can be integrated into an open architecture … Continue reading Lockheed Martin partners with Australian industry to build AIR6500 →

Lockheed Martin Australia has successfully executed a range of complex Aegis upgrades onboard HMA Ships Hobart and Brisbane at Garden Island, Sydney during the challenging COVID-19 lockdown period. Lockheed Martin Australia, working with the RAN and industry partners as part of a combat system enterprise approach, performed specialist upgrades and deep maintenance on the Aegis … Continue reading Lockheed Martin Australia provides Aegis combat system upgrades →

Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand CEO Joe North has congratulated the Royal Australian Navy on commissioning the final Hobart Class guided missile destroyer, HMAS Sydney. The milestone marks the culmination of the Air Warfare Destroyer program, which sees the complete fleet of Hobart Class Destroyers joining the global Aegis fleet. “I commend the Royal … Continue reading Lockheed Martin Australia celebrates HMAS Sydney commissioning →

The first TAFE NSW Newcastle graduate apprenticeship and traineeship have been awarded as part of a program delivered by Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) and Regional Development Australia (RDA). The STEMstart program began in 2018 to award grants to develop high-value, job-ready skills needed to create and sustain advanced technologies for the defence industry. The extended … Continue reading Lockheed Martin Australia extends Hunter STEMstart program, produces first apprentices →

Babcock Australasia and Lockheed Martin Australia have announced a collaboration to deliver High Frequency (HF) communications to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The agreement marks the companies’ partnership in response to the Commonwealth of Australia’s request for tender for an Enhanced Defence High Frequency Communications System (EDHFCS) under Joint Project 9101. Babcock Australasia’s managing director … Continue reading Babcock, Lockheed enter partnership to deliver HF comms to ADF →

Defence technology and innovation company, Lockheed Martin Australia has announced research and development (R&D) seeding grants for an investment in excess of $900,000 in local academic and industry partners to develop advanced technologies for the Future Submarine Program. The R&D grant recipients represent the best of breed in innovation and high value skills present in the … Continue reading Lockheed Martin Australia supports advanced technologies development →

Lockheed Martin Australia, in partnership with Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter, is investing in STEM learning for Australians in regional centres. The partnership, aimed at developing high-value, job-ready skills needed to create, and sustain, advanced technologies for defence industry, was announced at the Lockheed Martin Australia Technology Expo 2018 held at Fighter World in Williamtown, NSW. … Continue reading Partnership boosts STEM learning opportunities in regional Australia →

BAE Systems Australia has announced Lockheed Martin Australia and Saab Australia as its partners to deliver combat system integration for Australia’s $35 billion Hunter Class frigate program. The Hunter class combat system enables the warships to detect and identify aircraft, submarines and ships at great distance to offer the frigate’s command team maximum situational awareness … Continue reading Lockheed Martin, Saab to provide combat systems for Hunter class →

Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, has said that more than one thousand local businesses have formally registered their interest to be part of the Future Submarine Program – the $50 billion Defence procurement program involving design, construction and sustainment of 12 Future Submarines. While Naval Group of France has been chosen as Australia’s international partner for the design and mobilisation of the new … Continue reading Local companies embrace Future Submarine opportunities →

As Williamtown ramps up to welcome Australia’s arriving F-35s, Lockheed Martin Australia yesterday joined Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter in Newcastle, New South Wales, to present a range of new opportunities to academia, STEM and community organisations in the Hunter Region. Representatives from Lockheed Martin Australia and RDA Hunter hosted a range of stakeholders, to outline … Continue reading Lockheed Martin, RDA Hunter partner to grow STEM workforce →