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![LMXT Boom: Ready. Certified. Unmatched.](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/LMXTHeadOnRefuelF35AnoWindows-scaled-225x150.jpg)
“Future refueling operations with the LMXT boom offer a number of possibilities and that future is not far off,” said Ken Moss, a retired U.S. Air Force tanker pilot and Lockheed Martin’s LMXT campaign manager.
By Lockheed Martin![Space Development Agency taps GD-Iridium team for complex ground system](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/220527_gd_missions_systems-225x150.png)
Under the $324.5 million contract, the team will develop the “ground Operations and Integration (O&I) segment for Tranche 1 of the National Defense Space Architecture.”
By Theresa Hitchens![Air Force to name newest hypersonic weapon maker by September](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/6301063-scaled-225x150.jpg)
The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile program, although nascent, is “going pretty well,” program executive Brig. Gen. Heath Collins told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
By Valerie Insinna![Amid Ukraine crisis, Lockheed-Raytheon partnership gets $309M for Javelins](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/6323101-scaled-225x150.jpg)
The US has provided more than 5,500 Javelin shoulder-mounted anti-armor systems to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration.
By Valerie Insinna![SOCOM receives first Spike NLOS system integrated on a JLTV](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/6101506-scaled-e1652460085442-225x150.jpg)
The launch platform can be integrated onto vehicles smaller than JLTVs, Lockheed officials said, but didn’t get into details.
By Andrew Eversden![Air Force backtracks, now says it’s paying for KC-46 panoramic camera fix](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/01/6825462-scaled-e1651585626332-225x150.jpg)
The Air Force could not provide a cost estimate detailing what the service will pay in order to replace the KC-46’s panoramic sensors.
By Valerie Insinna![Interview: With radars and UAVs, Israel’s IAI diving ‘full force’ into US market](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/220428_iai_radar-225x150.png)
Israel Aerospace Industries President and CEO Boaz Levy speaks to Breaking Defense about his envisioned ‘network’ of firms in the US, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and new Gulf customers.
By Arie Egozi![Fresh off Air Force 3DELRR win, Lockheed eyes Norway, other international buyers](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/TPY-X-Landing-Page-V2-8-e1651164145914-225x150.jpg)
A Lockheed official confirmed the company will compete in a Norwegian military radar competition.
By Justin Katz![Lacking demand, Air Force may skip KC-Y tanker competition, Kendall says](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/01/6990560-scaled-e1641843597442-225x150.jpg)
“I love competition. I’m all for it. It’s the best tool have to reduce costs. But we actually have to have a demand for the other aircraft that’s being offered,” the Air Force Secretary said.
By Valerie Insinna![Lockheed sending first five A4 radars to Army next month](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/F1D8360_SM-e1650979136816-225x150.jpg)
During a tour of both its Syracuse campus and a satellite site in Cazenovia, NY, the company showed the production lines for several military radar programs, including the Army’s Q-53 counterfire target acquisition radar and the Air Force’s new long-range radar.
By Justin Katz![F-35 modernization program’s costs, schedule keeps growing: GAO](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/11/f35_snow-scaled-225x150.jpg)
“In 2021, the program office added 3 years to its Block 4 schedule and now expects to extend Block 4 development and delivery into fiscal year 2029, in part, due to the addition of new capabilities,” the GAO said in its annual report on the F-35.
By Valerie Insinna![Army’s Gray Eagle jamming pod program could expand to other aircraft](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/6883410-scaled-e1649448921586-225x150.jpg)
“Expanding the full deployment of MFEW and where it’s going to end up long term, those are questions we’re having within within the Army,” an Army official told Breaking Defense.
By Andrew Eversden![Air Force’s nuclear modernization bill is cramping fighter jet procurement](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/6552160-scaled-e1649960686577-225x150.jpg)
“Ideally, I’d like to get to higher [fighter procurement rates],” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said. “If I had a big blank check, I’d actually take care of it all.”
By Valerie Insinna![In electric-powered laser test, Navy shoots down cruise missile analog](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/7141614-225x150.jpg)
The Navy is preparing to outfit a destroyer with a separate directed energy weapon this year.
By Justin Katz