NASA is set to launch a spacecraft on Sept. 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in an effort to gather samples from asteroid Bennu and return the samples to Earth for scientific study. The space agency said Thursday the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer is the third mission under …

Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of the Air Combat Command, has said the Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II aircraft has achieved initial operational capability. Carlisle on Tuesday declared the F-35A fighter jet “combat ready” after the aircraft met the requirements for IOC, such as the capability to use mission systems and program of …

NASA will launch a space mission that will travel to the asteroid called Bennu on September 8 to study and return samples from the rock formation. The space agency said Wednesday its Goddard Space Flight Center leads the OSIRIS-REx mission that will use Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer instruments to …

The U.S. Marine Corps will redesignate a Yuma, Arizona-based squadron as marine fighter attack squadron 211 on June 30 as the unit transitions from AV-8B Harrier aircraft to Lockheed Martin-built F-35B fighter jets, DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Hope Hodge Seck writes the redesignation of VMA 211 squadron comes after it accepted …

Service members from the 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing led the first off-station deployment exercise of seven Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II units that works to meet initial operational capability targets within the year. The U.S. Air Force said Monday the fighter aircraft were tested at Mountain Home Air Force Base …

The Federal Trade Commission and Lockheed Martin have received recognition at an American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council event for FTC’s identity theft recovery website developed by Lockheed. Lockheed and FTC received the “Impacter Dynamite Award” at the 2016 ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Awards event for IdentityTheft.gov, a website that …

The U.S. Air Force has selected Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska to house the service branch’s Lockheed Martin-built operational overseas F-35A Lightning II aircraft. The move would allow the Air Force to access 65,000 square miles of available airspace for training on the fifth-generation fighter jets, the Air Force said Monday. “Basing the …

A Lockheed Martin official has said the White House is working to establish a new agency that would take responsibility for the federal security clearance system from the Office of Personnel Management, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Nicole Ogrysko writes Doug Thomas, director for counterintelligence operations and corporate investigations at Lockheed, described the government’s plan to …

The U.S. Navy‘s number-two uniformed officer eyes Lockheed Martin‘s Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile and Raytheon‘s Tomahawk cruise missile as possible options for the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare program, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Breaking Defense quoted Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, deputy chief of naval operations,  as saying he wants the military service to compare a …

The Pentagon expects Lockheed Martin to complete the delivery of 36 F-35 fighter jets by the end of 2014, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Air Force Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, F-35 program manager, revealed flight testing for the final two aircraft is already underway. The completion of orders signals that Lockheed could soon receive majority of …