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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Jul 7, 2010Company Hosts 20 Teachers Over Summer In Ongoing Effort To Enhance Math and Science Education
Lockheed Martin today announced that it is hosting 20 middle school and high school teachers over the summer as part of the company's long-standing support of the Bay Area-based Industry...
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Jul 6, 2010Phase 1 Safety Review Meets Critical Human Space Flight Requirements
The Orion crew exploration vehicle has successfully completed the Phase 1 Safety Review of NASA's Human Rating Requirements for space exploration in low Earth orbit and beyond. The NASA/Lockheed...
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Jul 6, 2010Company offers executives early-exit incentives
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced a new program intended to reduce overhead and improve affordability by reducing the number of leaders at the director and vice president levels. The...
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Jul 1, 2010
Lockheed Martin today opened the doors to new facilities at its Space Systems Company operations in Newtown, Pa. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies with community leaders and customers were conducted today...
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Jun 29, 2010
Code One, the award-winning airpower magazine published by Lockheed Martin , has officially unveiled its newly updated and expanded website (www.codeonemagazine.com). The new website, like the...
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Jun 29, 2010'Whitelisting' Application Blocks Unwanted Viruses, Malware, and Security Threats
The security protecting Lockheed Martin's IronClad(TM) USB drives just got even stronger, thanks to the enhancement of a sophisticated "whitelisting" application from technology firm CoreTrace®....
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Jun 29, 2010
The Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted a successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System today at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on...
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Jun 28, 2010"PC on a Stick"(TM) Technology Cited as Cyber Security Trailblazer
TechAmerica Foundation has named Lockheed Martin's IronClad(TM) the most innovative cyber security technology of the year. TechAmerica Foundation bestowed the 2010 "Terman Award" in the category...
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Jun 28, 2010
Lockheed Martin's Chelmsford Operations has been awarded the prestigious James S. Cogswell Award for Outstanding Industrial Security. Of the more than 13,000 defense contractors that are subject...
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Jun 28, 2010Lockheed Martin Opens Facility for Integration and Testing of Joint Communications Network EquipmentSan Diego Facility to be Used for Testing AMF JTRS Equipment
Various equipment sets essential to providing secure, ubiquitous communications for a next generation joint services tactical network will be tested at a state-of-the-art facility opened by...
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Jun 24, 2010
Lockheed Martin's Board of Directors today named Maryanne R. Lavan as the corporation's new Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Lavan, who currently serves as Lockheed Martin's Vice...
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Jun 24, 2010
The Lockheed Martin board of directors has elected Thomas J. Falk, Kimberly-Clark Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to its board, effective tomorrow. Earlier in his 27-year career...
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Jun 24, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a third quarter 2010 dividend of $0.63 per share. The dividend is payable Sept. 24, 2010 to holders of record...
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Jun 24, 2010Company Awarded ACOTA Contract for Training and Assistance
Pacific Architects & Engineers (PAE), a Lockheed Martin company, has been selected as one of four awardees for the State Department's Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA)...
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Jun 24, 2010TED one of the fastest records processing systems in the world
Lockheed Martin together with TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) and the Military Health System (MHS) are celebrating a significant milestone of one billion TRICARE Encounter Data (TED) healthcare...
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Jun 23, 2010
Lockheed Martin today delivered two right hand operation Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), and a companion trailer, to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps and representatives of the Australian...
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Jun 23, 2010
A Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant successfully completed testing in which it was dropped from heights of more than 11 feet during a series of simulated aircraft-carrier...
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Jun 22, 2010Four D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles Launched in Navy Test in the Atlantic, Continuing More than 20 Years of Reliability
The U.S. Navy conducted successful test flights June 8 and 9 of four Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin . The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the...
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Jun 21, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully completed a key requirements review for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite series under the U.S. Air Force's next...
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Jun 21, 2010
The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded Lockheed Martin a $44 million follow-on production contract for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z...
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Jun 21, 2010
A Lockheed Martin Scorpion munition was successfully flight tested June 17 from a C-130 aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ. Ejected at an altitude of 5,000 feet through a Common Launch Tube on...
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Jun 17, 2010
Lockheed Martin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bob Stevens today told a group of journalists that the company is committed to supporting its customers by providing affordable solutions to...
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Jun 17, 2010Alaska Aerospace to Provide Responsive Operations and Sustainment Support at Key GMD Sites
Lockheed Martin and Alaska Aerospace Corporation announced today that they are partnering to pursue the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and...
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Jun 15, 2010Lockheed Martin Completes Final Friction Stir Weld on Orion Spacecraft
The Orion crew exploration vehicle took shape as the two halves of the crew module were fused together at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. The Lockheed Martin Orion team welded...
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Jun 15, 2010
The Lockheed Martin -led industry team recently accomplished a key milestone by reaching the 50-percent completion mark in the construction of the nation's third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS 3,...
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Jun 14, 2010
Members of the Federated Independent Texas Union (FITU) ratified a new labor agreement yesterday with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. The three-year contract covers about 270 FITU members who work in...
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Jun 14, 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time June 10, achieving a significant milestone. The...
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Jun 14, 2010
The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument aboard the NOAA GOES-15 spacecraft has seen "first light." SXI was designed and built by Lockheed Martin , at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center...
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Jun 14, 2010
The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin today announced that they have successfully completed a significant test milestone for the first satellite in the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program. A...
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Jun 9, 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program successfully completed F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) full-scale static testing - with zero structural failures - five months ahead of...
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Jun 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin inducted its third C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifter into the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) production line at its facility here today. The aircraft will...
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Jun 8, 2010WIN-T Radio, Antenna Designs Authorized for Implementation and Test Phase
Fully networked, high-speed communications are one-step closer for today's soldiers. As lead for the Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 3 Transmission Subsystem, Lockheed...
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Jun 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin has developed a ruggedized, tactical handheld device for dismounted Soldiers. The Tactical Digital Assistant (TDA) provides unprecedented situational awareness, command and...
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Jun 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin received a $142 million award from the U.S. Army to begin production of additional Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS) to support coalition forces. The Department of Defense...
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Jun 7, 2010
The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight yesterday, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the...
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Jun 7, 2010
The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II test jet joined the fleet at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., today. Piloted by F-35 Test Pilot Dave "Doc" Nelson, the...
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Jun 7, 2010
The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight yesterday, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the...
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Jun 7, 2010
The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight today, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the...
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Jun 4, 2010
Canada formally accepted the first of 17 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft today at ceremonies here and at Canadian Forces Base Trenton. Canada finalized its CC-130J contract with...
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Jun 4, 2010
The University of Maryland and Lockheed Martin Corporation opened a major new chapter in their more than 60-year history today when Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., President of the University, and Dr. Ray O...
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Jun 2, 2010
Lockheed Martin today announced that Senior Vice President and General Counsel James B. Comey will leave the corporation to take a position with Bridgewater Associates, LP. Comey, 49, has served...
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Jun 2, 2010
Applied NanoStructured Solutions LLC (ANS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation and Owens Corning have signed a joint development agreement to support the commercialization of...
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Jun 2, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today initiated several actions designed to reshape its portfolio and strengthen its performance over the long term. "We periodically review our portfolio of...
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Jun 1, 2010Efforts Support Deployed U.S. and Coalition Forces in Counter-IED Operations
Lockheed Martin has been awarded two separate task order contracts from the Department of Defense's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). The task orders have a combined...
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Jun 1, 2010Lockheed Martin and NASD join forces to build the next generation of scientists and engineers in the Delaware Valley
Norristown High School received certification for the school's new "Project Lead The Way" (PLTW) curriculum, forging a new path to help prepare students for careers in Science, Technology,...
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Jun 1, 2010
Lockheed Martin is one of the companies selected by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to compete for future orders under the Common Afloat Local Area Network Infrastructure...
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May 27, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Stevens, at Sanford C. Bernstein's Twenty-sixth Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on...
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May 27, 2010
Lockheed Martin has received a $245 million contract from the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale of three KC-130J tanker aircraft to Kuwait. The program will be managed by the U.S....
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May 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin dedicated the expansion of its state-of-the-art Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile production complex in Camden, AR, during a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The company...
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May 26, 2010
The immense volume of data generated by the suite of instruments on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) requires new tools for efficient identifying and accessing data that is most relevant to...
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May 26, 2010
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $3.93 million contract to develop a rifle-scope attachment to enhance soldiers' marksmanship capabilities. The...
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May 24, 2010New-Generation Protected Military Communications Satellite Scheduled to Launch July 2010
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be prepared for a July 30 liftoff...
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May 24, 2010
Lockheed Martin has developed a new push-vehicle capability for its automated convoy program that will save lives in the fight against convoy ambush and IED attacks. The Convoy Active Safety...
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May 24, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced the expiration of its offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding debt securities listed in the table below (the "old notes") for a new series of...
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May 24, 2010Team to Provide Special Mission Capability
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been awarded a four-year contract to supply the Finnish Air Force with an airborne surveillance system and associated ground systems. The value of this...
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May 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin has pledged to donate $1 million to the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST), an open-enrollment public school serving middle and high school students in Denver, Colo....
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May 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin Space Systems has aligned its Commercial Space Systems unit within the company's Global Communications Systems business, a new organizational structure designed to enhance...
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May 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin has signed a $40 million foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force. This is the second Sniper ATP purchase in a...
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May 19, 2010Provides loan capital to lowest-income entrepreneurs and support for Haiti recovery efforts
FINCA microfinance clients living in some of the most poverty-stricken countries in the world will benefit from a $30,000 grant from Lockheed Martin. Funding will provide much-needed loan capital...
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May 19, 2010Corporation to Support NRC's Integrated Source Management Portfolio
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded Lockheed Martin a 10-year, $77.4 million contract to provide secure software tools to manage data on radioactive materials, including transactions...
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May 17, 2010
Two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters flew nonstop from their final-assembly site in Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., today, signaling a further expansion of...
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May 17, 2010
Lockheed Martin has released its new Prepar3D (TM) software that enables rapid creation of medium-fidelity simulations for training exercises. The Prepar3D (TM) (pronounced "prepared") software...
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May 14, 2010Innovative Solutions and Processes Leveraged to Support Intelligence Community Customers
A team led by Lockheed Martin was selected by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to compete for future task orders under the DIA Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE)...
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May 14, 2010HONORING AMERICA'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN AERONAUTICS OR ASTRONAUTICS
The 2009 Robert J. Collier Trophy has been presented to NASA and the International Space Station Team by the National Aeronautic Association. The Collier Trophy is awarded annually "for the...
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May 13, 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program has been recognized for its "cutting-edge design and technology" with an award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The...
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May 13, 2010Efforts Underway to Build New, Web-Based Infrastructure for Wanted Persons Database
The Lockheed Martin -led Next Generation Identification (NGI) team is beginning to fully develop and deploy a new NGI system capability that transforms how law enforcement officials search an FBI...
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May 11, 2010
Lockheed Martin completed deliveries of the four C130Js ordered by the Royal Norwegian Air Force at a ceremony here today with U.S. and Norwegian officials. Lockheed Martin received a contract...
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May 11, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced that it has received additional contract options that increase the quantity of equipment being produced for the Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio...
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May 11, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today the award of a contract by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam to build the VINASAT-2 satellite. In-orbit delivery is slated for the second...
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May 10, 2010Subsequent Tenders to Receive Total Exchange Consideration
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced early results of its offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding debt securities listed in the table below (the "old notes") for a new series of...
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May 6, 2010Metron Aviation, Sensis Key Team Members
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to develop and implement the Time Based Flow Management (TBFM) program for the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of System Operations Programs....
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May 6, 2010
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3.5 million contract to develop the Integrated Smart-BEAR Power System (ISBPS) for the U.S. Air Force. The Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) program...
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May 6, 2010Orion Launch Abort System Tests the Limits of New Technologies
Within 97 seconds of an initial 500,000-pound blast of solid rocket motor thrust, Orion completed its first successful flight test of the launch abort system at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile...
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May 5, 2010President's Volunteer Service Awards Presented to Lockheed Martin employees during National Volunteer Week
President Obama's 2009 President's Volunteer Service Awards were presented to 4,578 outstanding volunteers by Lockheed Martin leaders during National Volunteer Week (April 18-24, 2010). The awards...
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May 5, 2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments of the Navy's...
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May 4, 2010
Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq GS: KAMN), has proven in recent tests that the unmanned K-MAX helicopter can resupply troops with cargo airdropped by parachute.
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May 4, 2010LM Team will Implement a Solution to Better Maintain, Repair and Track Equipment Used in Support of the National Airspace System
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $28-million contract to design and integrate a supply chain software platform that supports operations to...
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May 3, 2010
Reflecting a need to prepare for anticipated growth and to meet the future operational needs of its key aircraft programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics today announced new assignments for three key...
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Apr 29, 2010
A Lockheed Martin F-16 demonstrated enhanced networked-enabled capabilities during the U.S. Air Force's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2010 (JEFX 10), April 13-23, at Nellis Air Force Base,...
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Apr 29, 2010
Lockheed Martin has delivered a cutting-edge communications system module for the second satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program. Supporting ultra-high frequency...
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Apr 27, 2010
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2010 - Lockheed Martin will present a number of program briefings for members of the media during the Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition May 3-5, 2010. Journalists may sign...
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Apr 27, 2010
Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the 10,000th Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket during a ceremony held at its Camden, AR, facility today. GMLRS is an all-weather, precision...
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Apr 27, 2010
The U.S. Army Applied Aviation Technology Directorate has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.5 million contract that continues development of the Kinetic Energy Net (KEN) armor design. KEN is a modular...
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Apr 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced the commencement of an offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding debt securities listed in the table below (the "old notes") for a new series of...
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Apr 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin , jointly with Magestic Systems, Inc. (MSI) and Nikon Metrology, has won a first-place JEC Innovation Award in composites manufacturing for technology used in the production of the...
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Apr 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin will recognize 18 small businesses from across the United States for their outstanding support of the Corporation's business units in Orlando, FL, and Dallas, TX, at an awards...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with initial funding of $25.7 million, to provide support for the U.S. Army's fielding of the Terminal...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a second quarter 2010 dividend of $0.63 per share. The dividend is payable June 25, 2010 to holders of record...
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Apr 22, 2010
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST), built and integrated at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, was launched 20 years ago aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, on April 24, 1990,...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin today opened its doors in Huntsville and Courtland, Ala., to students, aged six to 18 years, for the company's annual Young Minds at Work Day. Approximately 170 students in...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company today opened its doors to students, aged six to 18 years, for the company's annual Young Minds at Work Day. A total of approximately 4,000 students are...
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Apr 22, 2010NSA, Service Academy Experts Test Advanced Tactics and Technologies for Cyber Security
Teams of cyber security experts from the National Security Agency and the nation's service academies are squaring off this week in one of the nation's most expansive and sophisticated cyber "war...
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Apr 22, 2010
Spectacular "first light" images and data from the three state-of-the art instruments on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) were unveiled yesterday morning by NASA. The SDO spacecraft was...
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Apr 21, 2010- First quarter net sales of $10.6 billion - First quarter net earnings of $547 million - Generated $1.6 billion in cash from operations for the quarter - Increases outlook for 2010 cash from operations; decreases outlook for net earnings per share - Repurchased 6.5 million shares
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported first quarter 2010 net sales of $10.6 billion, a 3% increase over the $10.4 billion in 2009. Net earnings for the first quarter of 2010 were $547...
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Apr 20, 2010
The seventh Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II flight test aircraft took to the skies for the first time today, with the overall objective of validating the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing...
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Apr 20, 2010Logistics and Sustainment Work Will Reinforce Missions Around the Globe
Lockheed Martin will provide equipment support, inventory management and fielding team support to the U.S. Marine Corps System Command, through a new task order with initial funding of...
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Apr 20, 2010White Paper Reveals Awareness, Trust and Security to Shape Cloud Adoption
Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners today announced the results of a collaborative cloud computing and cyber security survey in a new white paper titled "Awareness, Trust, and...
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Apr 19, 2010
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first of a new fleet of HC-130J combat rescue tankers for the U.S. Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC) during a ceremony here today. Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Andersen,...
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Apr 19, 2010
The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, known as GPS III, continues to maintain schedule performance and meet or exceed...
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Apr 16, 2010
At ceremonies today in Abilene, Texas, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz delivered the first of 28 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifters to the 317th Airlift Group at...