Lockheed Martin today released its press-briefing schedule for the 2004 Farnborough Air Show. Briefings will take place at the Lockheed Martin Partnership Pavilion across from the company's business chalet at Row D, #10, unless otherwise designated below.

Contact numbers at the Lockheed Martin press office during the show from Monday, July 19, through Friday, July 24, are as follows:

  Telephone: +44 (0) 1252-380-858.  Fax: +44 (0) 1252-380-126.

  Monday, July 19

  *  10:00 a.m. -- "Trade and the Defense Industrial Base"
     Bob Trice, Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Development

  *  11:00 a.m. -- "Lockheed Martin Aeronautics: Growing, Performing,
     Inventing"
     Dain Hancock, President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

  *  12:00 p.m. -- "Long-Range Strike: Now and in the Future"
     Gerry L. Freisthler, Program Director, U.S. Air Force Long-Range Attack
     Joint System Program Office
     Randy Bigum, Vice President, Strike Weapons, Lockheed Martin Missiles
     and Fire Control

  *  1:00 p.m. -- "The World-Proven 101 Helicopter: A Performance and
     Opportunity Update"
     Commodore Steve Jermy, Royal Navy, Commodore Fleet Air Arm
     Commander Nick Clarke, Royal Navy, Commander of the Royal Navy Merlin
     Force
     Steve Ramsey, Vice President and General Manager, US 101, Lockheed
     Martin Systems Integration-Owego
     John Murphey, Chief Executive Officer, AugustaWestlandBell

  *  2:00 p.m. -- Northrop Grumman X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems
     Platform Unveiling with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Participation (this
     briefing will take place at the Northrop Grumman Outdoor Display and
     Conference Center)
     Scott J. Seymour, President, Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems
     Christopher Hernandez, Sector Vice President and General Manager,
     Unmanned Systems, Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems
     T. Scott Winship, Director, Northrop Grumman X-47B J-UCAS Program
     Dain Hancock, President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
     Frank Alvidrez, Senior J-UCAS Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
     Aeronautics Company

  *  3:00 p.m. -- "Chilean Partnership Announcement"
     John Bean, Vice President of F-16 Programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
     Company
     Gen. Carlos Traub, ENAER Executive Director

  Tuesday, July 20

  *  10:00 a.m. -- "Space Systems Solutions: Ready for the Next Generation"
     G. Thomas Marsh, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space
     Systems
     Mark J. Albrecht, President, International Launch Services
     Ted G. Gavrilis, President, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems

  *  11:00 a.m. -- "Horizontal Integration and Net-Centric Operations"
     Stan Sloane, Executive Vice President, Integrated Systems and Solutions

  *  12:00 p.m. -- "Missile Defense: Delivering Solutions to Meet the Full
     Range of Threats"
     Reese Delorey, Vice President and Deputy Director, Protection
     Horizontal Integration, Integrated Systems and Solutions

  *  1:00 p.m. -- "F/A-22 Raptor Tactics Development: Live Update from
     Nellis Air Force Base"
     Col. Ken Murphy, Commander, 53rd Weapons & Evaluation Group, U.S. Air
     Force
     Maj. Alex Grynkewich, Operations Officer, 422nd Test and Evaluation
     Squadron, U.S. Air Force
     Ralph Heath, Executive Vice President and F/A-22 Program General
     Manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

  *  2:00 p.m. -- "F-16: Delivering, Defending, Defining"
     John Bean, Vice President of F-16 Programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
     Company

  Wednesday, July 21

  *  9:00 a.m. -- "Our Continuing Commitment to Transatlantic Partnerships"
     Scott Harris, President, Continental Europe
     Rick Kirkland, Vice President, International Business Development

  *  10:00 a.m. -- "F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Global Partnership-Taking the
     Long View"
     Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President and F-35 Program General Manager,
     Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
     Rear Adm. Steven Enewald, Program Executive Officer and Director, F-35
     Joint Strike Fighter Program, U.S. Department of Defense
     John Boughton, Director, Marketing and Sales, Defence Aerospace, Rolls
     Royce
     Pat McDonald, Director, Business Development, Goodrich
     Mark Sherrer, Managing Director, Fere Australia
     Osman Okyay, Chief Executive Officer, Kale Kalip, Turkey

  *  11:00 a.m. -- "The Lockheed Martin C-130J: Building on 50 Years of Air
     Mobility Experience"
     Ross Reynolds, Vice President, C-130J Program, Lockheed Martin
     Aeronautics Company

  *  12:00 p.m. -- "Deepwater: Promises Kept and Looking to the Future"
     Lt. Cmdr. Troy Beshears, UAV Program Manager, U.S. Coast Guard
     Dale Bennett, President, Integrated Coast Guard Systems, and Vice
     President, Coast Guard Programs, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and
     Sensors

  *  1:00 p.m. -- "The U.S. and European Union Aerospace Industries:
     Cooperation and Competition"
     John Douglass, President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association

  *  2:00 p.m. -- "F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Building a Global Program One
     Piece at a Time" Photo Opportunity (this will take place at the F-35
     full-scale mock-up adjacent to the Lockheed Martin Partnership
     Pavilion)
     Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President and F-35 Program General Manager,
     Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
     Rear Adm. Steven Enewald, Program Executive Officer and Director, F-35
     Joint Strike Fighter Program, U.S. Department of Defense
     Murad Bayar, Undersecretary of Defense Industries, Turkey
     Alan Williams, Assistant Deputy Minister (Material), Canada
     Sir Peter Spencer, KCB Chief Executive of Defence Procurement Agency,
     United Kingdom
     Henrik Homaver, Technical Director, Air Material Command, Denmark

  Thursday, July 22

* 8:30 a.m. -- C-27J Media Flight (Interested journalists should make their flight reservations as early in the week as possible at the Finmeccanica Chalet at Row C, #19 -- 26

  *  10:00 a.m. -- "C-27J: Intra-Theater Airlift for New Challenges of the
     Battlespace"
     Orville Prins, Vice President, Business Development, Lockheed Martin
     Aeronautics Company
     Giuseppe Giordo, Head of Marketing, Alenia Aeronautica

  *  11:00 a.m. -- "P-3 / CP-140 Worldwide Sustainment"
     Orville Prins, Vice President, Business Development, Lockheed Martin
     Aeronautics Company

  *  11:00 a.m. -- "T-50: World's Only New Supersonic Trainer - On Target
     with Development and Production"
     Robie Notestine, Director-Business Development, Lockheed Martin
     Aeronautics Company

Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced-technology systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2003 sales of $31.8 billion.

For additional information on Lockheed Martin Corporation, visit our website: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/.

CONTACT: Media contacts in the U.S. and U.K. before July 19: Corporate Headquarters: Tom Greer of Lockheed Martin, +1-301-897-6195; Chris Trippick of Lockheed Martin U.K., Ltd., +44 (0) 20-7798-2888; or Lockheed Martin Press Center July 19 through July 24: Telephone: +44 (0) 1252-380-858, fax: +44 (0) 1252-380-126

PRNewswire -- July 13

SOURCE: Lockheed Martin