Media members are invited to attend a rollout ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2009, at the Lockheed Martin's Camden Operations in Camden, AR.

Lockheed Martin will officially roll out the first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System Launcher and Fire Control System in a ceremony at the company's THAAD Launcher Integration Complex in Camden, AR. The event will last approximately one hour. Several governmental and civic dignitaries have been invited to participate.

Lockheed Martin's Camden Operations, which employs approximately 600 in southern Arkansas, is the final assembly site for the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) line of launchers and precision-strike guided rockets; the transformational High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher; the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Launcher and Fire Control System; and the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile, currently the world's only fielded, combat-proven terminal air defense missile employing hit-to-kill technology.

Media must R.S.V.P. to Amanda Wiley (contact information below) no later than noon on Friday, April 10, in order to attend.

  Contact:  Amanda Wiley
  Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
  407-356-0524
  amanda.g.wiley@lmco.com

  /PRNewswire -- April 9/

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:

SOURCE: Lockheed Martin