Lockheed Martin

Secure military communications satellite connected to British and allied ground networks

InAEROSPACE, INDUSTRY, PROCUREMENT, STRATEGIC AUTONOMY, TECHNOLOGY
Read Time5 mins

£2.4bn Skynet Contest Pits British Satellite Sovereignty Against US Integration

The Airbus–Lockheed Martin contest for Skynet 6 tests how Britain values domestic jobs, intellectual property and assured military communications against the benefits of deeper US integration.

ByDefencematters.eu Correspondents
OnJuly 26, 2026

InEDITORIALS, INDUSTRY, MISSILE DEFENCE, TECHNOLOGY, UNITED STATES
Read Time4 mins

Lockheed Offers Lower-Cost Patriot Interceptor With European Production in View

ByDefencematters.eu Correspondents
OnJuly 21, 2026

InDEFENCE COMPANIES, INDUSTRY, MISSILE DEFENCE, POLICY, PROCUREMENT
Read Time3 mins

Why Domestic PAC-3 Production Would Not Solve Ukraine’s Immediate Missile Shortage

ByDefencematters.eu Correspondents
OnJuly 17, 2026

InDEFENCE COMPANIES, EDITORIALS, EUROPE, MISSILE DEFENCE, PROCUREMENT, TECHNOLOGY, The War Zone, UNITED STATES
Read Time4 mins

Ukraine’s Patriot Licence and Freyja Project Open Two Routes to Missile Defence

A proposed US licence to manufacture Patriot interceptors and a European-backed programme built around Ukraine’s Freyja system could strengthen Ukraine’s missile defences. Neither, however, will resolve Kyiv’s immediate shortage of interceptors. Ukraine is pursuing two parallel routes towards greater control…