Aviation Sourcing Solutions Blog

Avionic testing plays a huge role in our company and is something we take very serious because if a part is not tested then we do not sell it.  Recently Lockheed Martin Corp. decided to begin assisting the Navy with advance combat avionics test equipment under terms of a $166 million 4-year contract. One of the first task that the Navy gave to the company of Lockheed was to build 36 electronic Consolidated Automated Support System full-rate initial production units. This equipment is designed to assist sailors and marines to repair aircraft assemblies at sea or ashore to get avionics back to service as soon as possible. Not only will the new program help with repairs but also sustaining logistics and engineering support. The Navy is excited to see what Lockheed can bring to improve the original test equipment that was put in to use in the early 1990’s.

The ATACMS is a surface to surface missile manufactured by Lockheed Martin in 1986. With a range of over 160 kilometers, the missile is currently the only tactical long range precision strike surface to surface weapon used by the U.S. Army. Over 560 missiles have been fired in combat with 450 of them being during the Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lockheed Martin, currently one of the largest defense contractors in the world, has just been awarded another contract by the US Air Force, one of many. The $486.5 million modification contract stipulates the provision of modifications and services that include maintenance, sustainment, and upgrades of the F-22 Raptor fighter jets currently in service.