What:        Media teleconference to announce a unique partnership between
               Lockheed Martin and Rice University to pursue technology
               applications in the emerging field of nanotechnology.

  Who:         Wade Adams, director, Richard E. Smalley Institute, Rice
               University Sharon Smith, director, Advanced Technology,
               Lockheed Martin

  Where:       Teleconference number:  (877) 841-9268
               Participant Code:  324709

  When:        2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (EDT), Monday, April 21

  Background:  Rice conducts an average of $30 million per year in research
               on nanoscale science and technology and has one of the
               strongest nanotechnology patent portfolios among all academic
               institutions.  Lockheed Martin, with more than 3,000 programs
               across its businesses, serves a diverse federal government
               customer base in a broad range of technology applications.
               Together Rice and Lockheed Martin researchers and engineers
               will explore carbon nanotechnology, photonics, plasmonics and
               other nanoscience disciplines to address a broad range of
               technology applications.  Areas of concentration will include
               materials and composites including ultra lightweight, super-
               strong materials that can have significant implications for
               people, systems, vehicles and aerospace platforms.

  To Cover:    Contact either Tom Greer, of Lockheed Martin, at
               (301) 897-6457, thomas.greer@lmco.com or Jade Boyd, of Rice
               University, at (713) 348-6778, jade.boyd@rice.edu

                      http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
                           http://www.rice.edu/

PRNewswire -- April 16

SOURCE: Lockheed Martin