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2024

CH-53k

Catch Up Quick: Q4 Milestones

Milestone achievements in the last quarter of 2023 demonstrate our continued efforts to push innovation, advance defense tech and keep our customers ahead of ready.

The Future of Supersonic Flight

In collaboration with NASA's Quesst Mission, our Skunk Works® team is solving one of the most persistent challenges of supersonic flight – the sonic boom.

JADO

Mission Integration Superiority

We ensure our customers are prepared in a rapidly evolving world. This is 21st Century Security in action.

LTV

Q1 2024 Highlights

Through 21st Century Security ®, we are advancing mission effectiveness for customers. Here are a few examples from the beginning of 2024.

Next Gen Turret

A Game-Changing Sensor

The Gen 2 Turret sensor enhances the reliability and maintainability of the Apache AH-64E helicopter. Former pilot Jeff White shares insights on this cutting-edge technology.

Ready to GOES

NOAA's GOES-U satellite, featuring cutting-edge technology to monitor weather, climate and environmental changes, is set to launch on June 25. 

21CS

What is 21st Century Security?

How we're creating a more resilient, innovative and collaborative industry.

MAKO

A New Hypersonic Capability

Named after the fastest shark in the seas, meet our newest hypersonic capability.

AGM-158

Taking Today's Cruise Missile Further

Here's the brand new AGM-158 Extended Range, stemming from the fully-qualified JASSM-ER weapon system and the evolutionary LRASM weapon system.

 

SWIFT

Q3 Innovating defense tech

We're adopting new technologies faster to meet our customers’ future needs.

ARISE

Hardware-in-the-loop

Our innovative ARISE™ digital engineering simulation environment is a family of integrated toolkits used to build a system-level weapon simulation – or "digital twin."

Autonomous HIMARS

2024: A Year of Innovation 

As we reflect on a year of groundbreaking advancements, these are the top 20 innovations from 2024.