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The Space Force is interested in DRACO primarily as an option for allowing it to undertake rapid on-orbit maneuvers, but also for potential future missions out to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
By Theresa Hitchens![Lockheed secures $221M Army deal for high-powered air defense laser prototype](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/09/IFPC-HEL-e1663270261381-225x150.png)
For now, the company has received more than $150 million to produce the service’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) prototype weapon system.
By Ashley Roque![Lockheed CEO sees up to 120 F-35 deliveries amid TR-3 delays, tamps down engine controversy](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/USS-Makin-Island_March-2023-scaled-e1689715704795-225x150.jpg)
After a bit of a corporate dust-up in Paris, Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet told investors his firm has no “formal” position on how the F-35 engines should be modernized.
By Michael Marrow![EXCLUSIVE: Navy tags LCS combining gear fixes at $8 to $10 million per ship](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/220503-N-DO281-1116-scaled-e1651861563212-225x150.jpg)
A new Navy report to Congress states that at least seven Littoral Combat Ships have either been repaired or will be in the coming months.
By Justin Katz![Army taps Lockheed for second phase of long-range EW, surveillance program](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230628_DVIDS_electronic_warfare_soldier_6529890-scaled-e1687965001773-225x150.jpg)
Lockheed will build the prototype TLS-EAB system at its facility in Syracuse, NY, “in the coming months,” and the Army hopes to field the system by fiscal 2025.
By Jaspreet Gill![Nukes, helos and amphibs: House authorizers pass their $874B policy bill 58-1](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/230418_DVIDS_oregon_sub_7463479-scaled-e1681834011705-225x150.jpg)
With a GOP-controlled House and a Democrat-controlled Senate, nothing in the bill is final until the last minute conference negotiations are completed, but here are the key issues to watch.
By Justin Katz, Ashley Roque and Jaspreet Gill![Lockheed backs new AETP engine for F-35](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/4538726-scaled-e1670510059872-225x150.jpg)
“I’m going to advocate, and I do advocate, for [the Adaptive Engine Transition Program, or AETP],” said Lockheed Martin aeronautics chief Greg Ulmer, who labeled “some” current approaches to the fighter’s engine modernization as “short-sighted.”
By Michael Marrow![The state of air dominance in Europe and what the air chiefs say they need to stay ahead of the threat](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/Exercise-Formidable-Shield-scaled-e1689626435641-225x150.jpg)
Gen. (ret) Jeff “Cobra” Harrigian, recently retired commander of US Air Forces Europe and Africa, describes the European battlespace and what’s on the minds of the air chiefs as Ukraine defends itself.
By Breaking Defense![Raytheon eyes boxing out Honeywell as supplier for critical F-35 subsystem](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/6942831-scaled-e1639073534489-225x150.jpg)
Cooling needs for the Joint Strike Fighter have taxed the F-35’s engine beyond its design specifications, prompting a need for separate upgrades to its powerplant and cooling system that Raytheon sees as an opening.
By Michael Marrow![Prodded by GAO, Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/GPS-III-image-Lockheed-Martin-e1723579937987-225x150.jpeg)
The Space Force has set contradictory requirements for the number of M-code capable GPS satellites, the Government Accountability Office found.
By Theresa Hitchens