Releases
Releases
In this section of the Lockheed Martin Newsroom, you'll find our news releases. The releases are listed in chronological order and are archived by year.
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Sep 29, 2005Team Completes First Mission for MDA's Targets and Countermeasures Program
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has completed its first mission for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Targets and Countermeasures program, for which the company is prime...
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Sep 29, 2005
Turkey is positioning itself to take delivery of the world's most advanced, international multi-role fighter. The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is nearing completion and is preparing for...
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Sep 29, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a $38 million contract from the U.S. Navy to test and integrate additional weapons, as well as communications and navigation systems into new production MH-60R and...
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Sep 29, 2005
Lockheed Martin employees throughout Central Florida are supporting national hurricane relief efforts as well as preparing to help evacuees who are coming to the Orlando area. Throughout the next...
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Sep 28, 2005Lockheed Martin-Developed Boost Vehicle-Plus Program Completes Initial Qualification of ATK ORBUS 1AProgram to Complete Eight More BV+ Boosters With ATK-Supplied Rocket Motors
Lockheed Martin announced today that the first phase of qualification testing at Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has been successfully completed for the ORBUS 1A, the second- and third-stage solid...
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Sep 28, 2005
Lockheed Martin delivered the 50th F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter to the U.S. Air Force today, marking another milestone in this revolutionary stealth aircraft program. The Raptor can...
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Sep 28, 2005
Lockheed Martin today announced the successful delivery of its second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO 2) payload, a critical element of the nation's next-generation missile warning system, known at...
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Sep 27, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 27 -- Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control business unit will host a Hurricane Katrina relief concert for employees at its Sand Lake Road facility from 11 a.m. to 1...
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Sep 27, 2005
Lockheed Martin today officially opened the F/A-22 Technical Support Center (TSC), a first in contractor sustainment support. The TSC is a one-stop center for all technical communications in the...
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Sep 26, 2005Technical Solution to Offer Response Option of Census Filing Via the Internet
The U.S. Bureau of Census will count on a team led by Lockheed Martin to develop and operate an information processing system for the nation's 2010 Census. Under the six-year contract valued at...
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Sep 26, 2005
A small south Jersey staple with a large global reach, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) will celebrate its 75th anniversary Oct. 3 through 7 with employee commemoratives,...
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Sep 26, 2005
The first modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched yesterday at 11:37 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral. The...
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Sep 23, 2005
In a press release yesterday, Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a dividend increase of 20 percent and the repurchase of up to an additional 45...
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Sep 23, 2005
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to launch the first modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin aboard a Delta II rocket on Sept. 25, from Cape Canaveral Air...
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Sep 22, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a dividend increase of 20 percent and the repurchase of up to an additional 45 million shares of the...
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Sep 21, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation and The Boeing Company announced today that they have withdrawn their filing pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvements Act of 1976 regarding the...
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Sep 21, 2005
Lockheed Martin's Global Combat Support System-Air Force (GCSS-AF) has received the Government Award for Excellence in Enterprise Integration from the Association for Enterprise Integration...
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Sep 19, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a contract valued at approximately $50 million to deliver laser-guided bomb (LGB) kits to the U.S. Air Force next year. The contract, for manufacture and delivery of...
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Sep 19, 2005Employees, Retirees, Stockholders Eligible for Discounts, Free U.S. Shipping
For the eighth consecutive year, Lockheed Martin is a leading sponsor of "The Year In Space" Desk Calendar, a 144-page full-color weekly calendar for 2006 featuring images and information from the...
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Sep 16, 2005
More than 600 Lockheed Martin employees on Saturday, September 17 will take part in the Heart of Florida United Way Day of Caring, making Lockheed Martin's the largest single-company effort for...
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Sep 15, 2005
Lockheed Martin has been selected to provide information technology services to the Social Security Administration (SSA) under the agency's Electronic Disability (eDib) Initiative National...
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Sep 14, 2005
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first eight Arrowhead systems for the U.S. Army's Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) program. This...
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Sep 14, 2005Aerosystems International, Ltd. Adds Human Factors Engineering Support
Lockheed Martin has selected Aerosystems International, Ltd. (AeI), of the United Kingdom, as a partner in its team for Project Helix, a reconnaissance upgrade to the Royal Air Force's fleet of...
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Sep 13, 2005
As the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter moves toward its inaugural flight next year, the program continues to meet milestones on schedule and is planning for initial production and operational...
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Sep 13, 2005
Lockheed Martin , builder of the world's only 5th generation fighter aircraft flying today, provided an F/A-22 Raptor program update detailing the game- changing advantages and unmatched...
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Sep 13, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by G. Thomas Marsh, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems and James R. Ryan, Vice President, Investor Relations, from...
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Sep 13, 2005
Lockheed Martin reached a critical milestone in the C-5 Galaxy modernization programs, as technicians installed the first engine pylon on a Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP)...
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Sep 13, 2005
Lockheed Martin officials told reporters today at the Air Force Association's 2005 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition that the C-130J Super Hercules is outperforming legacy air...
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Sep 13, 2005
Lockheed Martin , producer of the world's only 5th generation fighter aircraft, today detailed the game-changing advantages and unmatched capabilities that only 5th generation fighters can bring...
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Sep 12, 2005Completion of Preliminary Design Review Brings AMF JTRS One Step Closer to Reality
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Station (AMF) component of the military's Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS)...
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Sep 12, 2005
The U.S. Navy certified that the latest evolution of the Lockheed Martin-developed Aegis Weapon System, referred to as Baseline 7, is approved for deployment. The USS Pinckney, the first ship...
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Sep 9, 2005
Demonstrated performance achieved through the infusion of technology, value, innovation and sustainment on USAF programs will be reviewed by Lockheed Martin at the 2005 Air Force Association Air...
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Sep 9, 2005
A satellite that will enable future air navigation enhancements has been deployed for Lockheed Martin . The payload is the first use of the GPS L5 civil navigation frequency for the Federal...
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Sep 8, 2005
The Kelly Aviation Center, L.P., a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers and GE Transportation, has announced that Rolls-Royce will join the partnership at the KellyUSA...
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Sep 8, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Coherent Technologies, Inc., a renowned supplier of high- performance, laser-based remote sensing...
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Sep 8, 2005
Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed an incoming tactical ballistic missile (TBM) today during a flight test at White Sands...
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Sep 8, 2005
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) today awarded Lockheed Martin a $308 million contract to build a permanent archives system to preserve and manage electronic records created...
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Sep 8, 2005
The U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has awarded Lockheed Martin a 12-month extension of the Global Transportation Network (GTN) contract worth $21.3M. GTN, a command and control (C2)...
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Sep 7, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation will be joined by a formidable team of major defense and information technology companies to compete for the $20 billion U.S. Army's IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services...
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Sep 7, 2005
Lockheed Martin has established an application process for the distribution of funds to employees affected by Hurricane Katrina. Employees in Louisiana and southern Mississippi impacted by the...
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Sep 7, 2005
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $50.8 million U.S. Navy contract to improve the communications capabilities of the MH-60R and MH-60S multimission helicopters. Of the total contract...
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Sep 7, 2005
The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter came alive with electrical power today, as technicians at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth initiated "power-on" -- the incremental process of testing the...
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Sep 7, 2005Selected for mission planning, automation, and signal processing expertise
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Orincon was awarded a $30 million contract by the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) support to the Program...
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Sep 7, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Robert J. Stevens, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Christopher E. Kubasik, Executive Vice President and Chief...
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Sep 6, 2005
Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated and flown the Joint Common Missile instrumented measurement vehicles (IMVs) on the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter, validating the...
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Sep 2, 2005
Training systems for military aircraft pilots entered a new era on August 30, 2005, when Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) rolled out the first production version of the T-50 Golden Eagle advanced...
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Sep 2, 2005
Lockheed Martin announced it has established the Lockheed Martin Hurricane Katrina Employee Assistance Fund and has made an initial $1 million contribution. The contribution is based on the...
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Aug 31, 2005
Joseph Petrone has been named vice president of human resources for Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Electronic Systems Business Area. He succeeds Kenneth J. Disken, who previously was named senior vice...
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Aug 30, 2005
Lockheed Martin has established two channels of communication to assist employees affected by Hurricane Katrina. The toll-free Lockheed Martin Hurricane Katrina Employee Assistance Hotline is...
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Aug 29, 2005
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $998,000 contract to study concepts that will assist the Navy in developing approaches to integrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)...
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Aug 29, 2005
The Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor team marked another milestone today toward operational fielding of the F/A-22 when the U.S. Air Force officially began Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) at...
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Aug 29, 2005
The U.S. Navy Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) has acquired Lockheed Martin's Human Alerting and Interruption Logistics- Surface Ship (HAIL-SS) system. It plans to...
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Aug 24, 2005
Hundreds of aircraft and automobiles have survived wind speeds of up to 200 miles per hour and emerged not only unscathed but actually safer and better for the experience. Those wind speeds were...
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Aug 24, 2005
Lockheed Martin has been recognized as the Corporation of the Year by the Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Southwest, an organization of Asian American-owned businesses based in North Texas....
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Aug 24, 2005
Lockheed Martin has developed a new way to adapt its advanced strike weapons to existing aircraft interfaces, saving time and money and, most importantly, getting important weapons into the hands...
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Aug 23, 2005
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has selected Lockheed Martin as the prime contractor for the cornerstone program initiating a comprehensive upgrade of MTA's electronic...
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Aug 23, 2005
Lockheed Martin announced that the U.S. government has approved the thermobaric HELLFIRE (AGM-114N) missile for an accelerated full-rate production run. A government-industry team conducted a...
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Aug 22, 2005
An automated identification system for fingerprints developed by Lockheed Martin Corporation has enabled the Federal Bureau of Investigation to process more than 100 million print searches over...
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Aug 22, 2005
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) today launched a Software Technology Initiative (STI) that will develop solutions to quickly integrate large-scale, distributed systems of...
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Aug 18, 2005
The National Security Agency (NSA) recently accepted the initial release of a highly integrated electronic security system from its systems integrator Lockheed Martin . The program's acceptance...
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Aug 18, 2005
Lockheed Martin demonstrated a key technology milestone for the integration of a boosted penetrator warhead with a long-range cruise missile that can be used against hard and deeply buried...
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Aug 16, 2005
Lockheed Martin U.K. Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire INSYS Group Limited, a U.K.-based...
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Aug 16, 2005
Lockheed Martin selected Sergio Gigli from its Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) to receive a NOVA Award in the leadership category. The NOVA Award is the Corporation's highest recognition...
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Aug 16, 2005Lockheed Martin-built MRO Spacecraft and Atlas V Launch Vehicle Combine Successfully for NASA's Next Mission to Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin are heading to Mars again -- this time armed with the most powerful suite of science...
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Aug 16, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a $55 million Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket contract from the United Kingdom. This contract represents the first international sale of GMLRS. The...
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Aug 16, 2005
Defence Minister Robert Hill today announced that Gibbs & Cox will join Lockheed Martin on the Royal Australian Navy's Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program as the ship designer. Lockheed Martin was...
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Aug 15, 2005
Lockheed Martin has achieved another major step in the development of the nation's next-generation missile warning system with the successful delivery of the spacecraft core structure with an...
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Aug 9, 2005
Lockheed Martin and MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) have joined forces to compete for the U.S. Army's Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program. The team will offer the MD Explorer(R) twin-engine...
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Aug 9, 2005
OWEGO, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2005 -- Lockheed Martin and MD Helicopters Inc., will hold a telephone press conference at 2:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Aug. 9, to answer questions about their teaming agreement...
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Aug 9, 2005
Lockheed Martin and Eurocopter have completed a successful live firing of the HELLFIRE II missile from Australia's Eurocopter Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH), verifying the weapon's...
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Aug 8, 2005
When undergraduate engineering and science students rank their top five "ideal employers," Lockheed Martin is most often their No. 1 pick, according to the 2005 Universum Undergraduate Survey. The...
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Aug 8, 2005
Lockheed Martin officially opened a two-day conference today in an effort to train their supplier base, which includes many small businesses. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control and the...
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Aug 4, 2005
Lockheed Martin has announced that James B. Comey, 44, will succeed Frank H. Menaker, Jr., 65, as the corporation's Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective October 1, 2005. Menaker,...
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Aug 4, 2005
James M. Loy has been elected to the Lockheed Martin Board of Directors, effective Aug. 5, 2005. Loy is a distinguished Coast Guard veteran and has served for 45 years in positions of public...
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Aug 4, 2005
Lockheed Martin held ceremonies at its Fort Worth, Tex., facility today to celebrate the delivery of the first F-16 aircraft to the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). Air Vice Marshal Yahya Al-Juma,...
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Aug 4, 2005
The Lockheed Martin Corporation Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Corporation's common stock of 25 cents per share. The dividend is payable Sept. 30, 2005 to...
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Aug 4, 2005
MEADS International (MI) has expanded its Orlando technical management organization to lead development of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). MEADS is a mobile air defense system...
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Aug 3, 2005
The Beam Control Fire Control system developed by Lockheed Martin for the Airborne Laser (ABL) program, which is managed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, has completed initial flight testing....
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Aug 2, 2005
The Longbow Limited Liability Company (LBL), a Joint Venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation , has been awarded a contract worth $17.6 million to begin work on the Fire Control...
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Jul 28, 2005
Lockheed Martin interns will begin working with Habitat for Humanity to build three houses in downtown Orlando on Friday, July 29. Approximately 35 Lockheed Martin employees and interns will help...
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Jul 27, 2005
The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md.,...
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Jul 26, 2005* SECOND QUARTER NET EARNINGS UP 56% TO $461 MILLION; YEAR-TO-DATE NET EARNINGS UP 41% TO $830 MILLION
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported second quarter 2005 net earnings of $461 million ($1.02 per diluted share) compared to $296 million ($0.66 per diluted share) in 2004. The second quarter...
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Jul 20, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live its second quarter 2005 financial results conference call on Tuesday, July 26 beginning at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Chris Kubasik, Executive Vice President &...
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Jul 20, 2005
Lockheed Martin received a long-lead contract, valued at approximately $67.7 million, from the U.S. Air Force to begin development of a major systems upgrade of Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft....
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Jul 20, 2005
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) awarded a $13.3 million contract to Longbow Limited (LBL) for Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) of the Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR). LBL,...
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Jul 19, 2005
Lockheed Martin received a contract valued at $79 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for the purchase of 106 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block 1A Quick Reaction...
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Jul 18, 2005Project Team Receives NAVAIR Award for Quality of Service
Lockheed Martin completed the installation of ten systems that provide real-time air-to-ground transmission of sensor videos and other data on Navy P-3C aircraft -- a capability that will support...
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Jul 18, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a five-year contract valued at $120 million from BAE Systems for further development and test of the Long-Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) for the Advanced Gun...
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Jul 15, 2005
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been awarded a $124 million, three- year contract for Japanese Foreign Military Sales Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System engineering...
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Jul 14, 2005
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $49.8 million award from the U.S. Navy to integrate anti- submarine and surface warfare subsystems on board six new MH-60R multimission helicopters. The...
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Jul 14, 2005
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $152 million contract to lead the development, integration and maintenance of Army Knowledge Online (AKO), the U.S. Army's primary internal web portal. With more...
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Jul 12, 2005
Lockheed Martin has delivered to the U.S. Navy the first Update II.5 P-3C aircraft modified under the Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Program (AIP). Under contracts received in 2004 and 2005,...
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Jul 12, 2005Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Demonstrate Key Technologies for Ballistic Missile System
The U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office has awarded a team of Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems a $9.2 million contract to demonstrate and validate solid rocket motor...
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Jul 7, 2005Registration Period Extended Through July 11, 2005
Integrated Coast Guard Systems, LLC (ICGS) today has re-issued a Broad Industry Announcement seeking suppliers who may have new technologies and product capabilities to supply the Integrated...
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Jul 6, 2005
Lockheed Martin flew the first F-16 produced for the Chilean Air Force on its initial production acceptance flight. Two flights were successfully accomplished here on June 23, with no...
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Jul 6, 2005
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a 2-year, $24.7 million contract to continue development of a web-enabled mission execution system that will allow Joint battle commanders to work...
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Jul 6, 2005
Lockheed Martin recently completed the core combat management system software development for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, roughly a year before the ship is scheduled to be launched....
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Jul 6, 2005
A Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman team announced today the successful completion of a major system design review of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment...
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Jul 6, 2005
Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] Joint Common Missile program successfully completed its system- level Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on June 30. The PDR culminates the design review process under...
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Jul 1, 2005
Lockheed Martin employees from both the Fort Worth-based Aeronautics and Dallas-based Missiles and Fire Control business units will be greeting troops on Monday, July 4, as they return home from...