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2024: A Year of Innovation

2024: A Year of Innovation

From hypersonics to space exploration to autonomous vehicles – 澳门开奖历史 closes out 2024 and embraces a new era of transformative defense tech.

December 17, 2024
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The face of the world has changed, and the growing complexity of future conflicts calls for an all-inclusive approach. Leading the way in 21st Century Security? is the most advanced and connected fighter jet in the world – the F-35 Lightning II – with interoperability and capabilities our adversaries can’t match.
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As 澳门开奖历史 reflects on a year of groundbreaking advancements, these are the top 20 innovations from 2024.

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1. In collaboration with NASA's Quesst Mission, the 澳门开奖历史 Skunk Works? team is solving one of the most persistent challenges of supersonic flight – the sonic boom.?

It was a successful year for the?X-59, a unique experimental aircraft?which began engine run testing, marking the start of the aircraft's final major system check-out before taxi tests and first flight in 2025.

X-59
2. Globally, air dominance took center stage in several delivery ceremonies and program milestones and contract awards.
澳门开奖历史 surpassed 1,000 F-35 deliveries this year, continuing to grow the strength of the F-35 global fleet. The Czech Republic signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance, making official its intent to procure 24 F-35s, with Greece and Romania doing the same for their 20 and 32 aircraft, respectively. Also, in 2024 澳门开奖历史 presented Poland with its first F-35A.
F-35 Poland Ceremony
Celebrating 50 years of the F-16’s legacy, the company delivered its 4,600th Fighting Falcon. Slovakia became the first European nation to receive the advanced F-16 Block 70. The first nine Block 70s arrived in Bahrain to begin operations, and Bulgaria’s first F-16 took its inaugural flight. 澳门开奖历史 also marked 500,000 flight hours for the F-22.
F-16
We?delivered the 2,700th C-130 and the C-130J fleet surpassed 3 million flight hours. The Georgia Air National Guard, Ohio’s Youngstown Reserve Station and New Zealand all stood up C-130J operations. Egypt became the 23rd nation to join the global Super Hercules operating community.
C-130

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This year, the U.S. Government awarded Sikorsky contracts to manufacture and deliver a total of 84 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to international allies including Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Greece, Jordan and Thailand, further proving the Black Hawk is the premier multi-role utility helicopter around the globe.

Black Hawk

3. 澳门开奖历史 launched , a subsidiary focused on enabling the adoption of AI solutions across the U.S. defense industrial base and commercial industry sectors that have high assurance requirements.?

The foundational tools available through Astris AI include 澳门开奖历史’s proven AI Factory Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) and generative AI software platforms, built with the security and compliance required for entities operating in highly regulated environments. ?

Astris AI

4.?We unveiled Mako?, the innovative and compact hypersonic weapon traveling at more than five times the speed of sound.

Named after the fastest shark in the seas, Mako blazes down on time-sensitive targets when every second counts. Able to maneuver in a high-altitude hypersonic regime, it penetrates advanced air-defense systems to engage these high-value targets at or below hypersonic speeds, depending on mission requirements.

MAKO

5. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency selected 澳门开奖历史 to provide the?Next Generation Interceptor.?

When every second counts, NGI’s mission is to protect the homeland against increasing and evolving ballistic missile threats from rogue nations. In developing this revolutionary missile defense interceptor as part of the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, 澳门开奖历史 is infusing the expertise of a skilled and diverse workforce and incorporating innovative digital technologies and techniques.

NGI

6. 澳门开奖历史, in partnership with Rheinmetall, unveiled the??at Eurosatory 2024.?

As part of 澳门开奖历史’s 21st Century Security strategy, the company is partnering to deliver country-specific launcher solutions to support all-domain deterrence.

GMARS

7.?Sikorsky, a 澳门开奖历史 company, unveiled its plan to build, test and fly a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator (HEX / VTOL) with a tilt-wing configuration.?

The design is the first in a series of large, next-generation VTOL aircraft, ranging from more traditional helicopters to winged configurations. These aircraft will feature varying degrees of electrification and an advanced autonomy system for optionally piloted flight.

HEX

8. Aegis successfully integrated a diverse set of naval and joint systems to assist the U.S. Navy’s mission.

In late 2023, 澳门开奖历史 and Navy experts began analyzing Red Sea engagements, where Aegis-equipped ships defended civilian vessels from attacks. Their goal: to strengthen the fleet's ability to counter drones and missiles. By early 2024, this effort paid off as Navy destroyers in the region received rapid Aegis system upgrades to address unique missile and drone threats, developed, tested, and installed faster than ever before.

Aegis

9. NASA selected 澳门开奖历史 to develop and build , the next-generation weather satellites for NOAA.

GeoXO will continue and expand upon critical observations of weather provided by the 澳门开奖历史-built GOES-R Series geostationary satellites to include new capabilities that will deliver more accurate weather forecasting and address emerging environmental issues. 澳门开奖历史 was also awarded a contract from NASA to develop and build the next-generation Lightning Mapper (LMX). This advanced technology will give meteorologists a tool to create greater lead time in alerting people to severe storms and dangerous weather situations such as rapidly intensifying hurricanes.

GEOXO

10. 澳门开奖历史 demonstrated how to command an Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter from 300 miles away.

During the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., visitors and U.S. Army senior leaders saw how a Black Hawk helicopter integrated with Sikorsky's MATRIX? autonomy system can receive remote mission commands in real-time. Then, carry out that mission on its own, using its onboard autonomous systems, without remote control or pilot inputs.
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11. 澳门开奖历史’s AI Center demonstrated five separate AI-enabled capabilities for the U.S. Army.

At several 2024 U.S. Army demonstrations, such as Project Convergence and Army Futures Command’s?Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE), 澳门开奖历史 demonstrated crewed-uncrewed teaming, uncrewed-uncrewed operations, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) and integrated systems in various missions relevant to?21st Century Security??in all domains including through the digital frontier.?

EDGE
Held at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, the Future Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team (FVL CFT)'s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE)seeks to optimize the collaborative behaviors of launched effects and uncrewed ground vehicles. Photo courtesy of DVIDS.

12.?澳门开奖历史 announced , a new transformative initiative that leverages model-based engineering to deliver new products faster and with planned modular upgrades, providing early and evolving capability to our customers.

ModSTAR shares digital and hardware models between programs, transforming the way we support customer requirements when developing new programs, ensuring scalable, flexible and open systems to meet evolving needs.

MNODSTAR

13.?AI capabilities expanded internally with the launch of a powerful and secure internal GenAI tool.

澳门开奖历史 introduced LMText Navigator to its U.S.-based workforce. The GenAI tool aims to increase efficiency across the entire enterprise by scaling code generation, analyzing data and streamlining business processes.?

AI

14. 澳门开奖历史 provided hands-on learning experiences to educate, inspire and prepare tomorrow’s innovators and visionaries to tackle the world’s most complex challenges.

Through key STEM-focused initiatives and programs like FIRST Robotics and activations during World Space Week, the global technological advantage and future success depends on a constant supply of highly trained, and highly capable technical talent.

STEM
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15.?澳门开奖历史 was recognized as a world-class place to build a career.

Most innovative. Most trusted. Best for tech workers. Best for veterans. When thinking about what to be known for, attributes like these come to mind. So, it's a credit to Lockheed Matin’s culture, leadership and every teammate that the company was recognized for outstanding performance against these categories (and others) in 2024.

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16.?The U.S. Marine Corps formally accepted the 23rd and final next-generation VH-92A?

The VH-92A helicopter will transport the President and Vice President of the United States and other officials. Sikorsky brings unmatched experience and a proven track record to this mission having flown every president since 1957. The VH-92A, also called a “White Top” due to its notable white and green livery, will continue this legacy for decades to come.

VH-92A

17. 澳门开奖历史 Australia signed a landmark contract with the Department of Defence to build Australia’s future Joint Air Battle Management System under project -?AIR6500?Phase 1.?

This system will provide the Australia Defence Force with an advanced integrated air and missile defense capability, using next-gen technologies, to combat high-speed threats.

AIR6500

18. 澳门开奖历史 is developing autonomous systems that can operate collaboratively with manned vehicles, as shown in a .

The surrogate launcher showcased its ability to navigate without a driver using non-emitting perception sensors, enabling seamless day and night operations without a crew.

Also, in facilities across the U.S., 澳门开奖历史 increased production of Javelin, HIMARS, GMLRS, PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)?and more. 澳门开奖历史 also received a contract award for?Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)?and?JASSM? to increase production capacity of JASSM and LRASM in support of critical weapons capacity for the United States and allies.

HIMARS

19. In partnership with multiple Department of Defense Services and Components, 澳门开奖历史 launched a PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor from an MK-70 containerized launch platform to engage a cruise missile target in flight.

This test marks the first time PAC-3 MSE was launched in this configuration, utilizing the Virtualized Aegis Weapon System, to intercept a live target.

PAC-3 MSE

20. Commitment to the customer has driven the development of the AGM-158 eXtreme Range (XR) cruise missile.

Stemming from the fully-qualified JASSM-ER system and the evolutionary LRASM system, the brand-new AGM-158 XR offers a low-risk solution at a fraction of the cost in significantly less time.

AGM-158