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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Mar 19, 2004Launch will be 50th GPS Mission for the Nation
The U.S. Air Force is ready to launch an upgraded Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin aboard a Delta II rocket on March 20, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
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Mar 18, 2004
Lockheed Martin joined with state and local government partners today to break ground for the company's new presidential helicopter facility in Owego, NY. Lockheed Martin leads Team US101 that is...
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Mar 18, 2004
Lockheed Martin today announced it successfully demonstrated a series of launcher and integration tests of its precision-strike Hellfire II missile and digital M299 launcher system during the...
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Mar 15, 2004
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has begun engine air start flight testing of the F404- GE-102 jet engine that powers the T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic trainer. The T-50 is being developed...
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Mar 12, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation and The Titan Corporation announced today that Titan has agreed to delay until Monday, April 12, 2004, the vote of its stockholders on the pending merger with Lockheed...
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Mar 11, 2004
The seventh generation of the Lockheed Martin-developed Aegis Weapon System -- offering enhanced capabilities in electronic warfare, littoral operations and remote mine reconnaissance --...
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Mar 11, 2004Contract Valued at $17.1 Million for First Three Years
Lockheed Martin was awarded an extension on its Performance Based Logistics contract for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) on March 5 from the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) in...
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Mar 11, 2004100 jobs planned for facility at Patuxent River, MD
Team US101 today announced it has selected more than 200 companies in 41 states to supply components and systems for the US101 helicopter, the next-generation aircraft competing to fly the...
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Mar 10, 2004
-- Reporters are invited to hear U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele on Thursday, March 11, 2004 at 9 a.m. address supplier companies attending the US101...
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Mar 10, 2004Support Cost Savings Could Exceed Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Lockheed Martin has made great strides in preparing to introduce a system of paperless technical manuals for the worldwide F-16 fleet. These computer- accessible electronic guides will eventually...
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Mar 8, 2004
The first of three new Lockheed Martin C-130J transports for the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) was delivered to its new home base in northern Jutland on March 1. Denmark is the first Scandinavian...
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Mar 8, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live presentations by Robert J. Stevens, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Christopher E. Kubasik, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial...
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Mar 5, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation said today that it has learned of allegations that improper payments were made, or items of value were provided, by consultants for The Titan Corporation or its...
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Mar 4, 2004
Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed an incoming tactical ballistic missile (TBM) in a test today at White Sands Missile Range,...
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Mar 4, 2004
Lockheed Martin highlighted its C-27J Spartan airlifter at a press briefing held today during the Association of the United States Army Winter Symposium here. The C-27J is designed to meet current...
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Mar 4, 2004
A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin-led team has been selected as the winner of the 2004 National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement for the successful development, deployment, and...
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Mar 4, 2004
MEADS International (MI) has received a contract modification, valued at nearly $41 million, allowing the MEADS industry team to continue to work on the next-generation international air and...
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Mar 3, 2004
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team successfully launched the first phase of the F-35 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO DAS) early risk-reduction flight-test program,...
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Mar 3, 2004
Lockheed Martin and EDO Corporation , in conjunction with the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 Advanced Weapons Laboratory, China Lake, CA, successfully completed a series of launcher and Joint Common Missile...
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Mar 2, 2004
S.K. Gupta, a vice president for Lockheed Martin , has received one of 14 Asian American Engineer of the Year Awards for 2004, presented by the Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA in conjunction...
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Mar 2, 2004
During an intensive series of flight tests at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, Air Mobility Command (AMC) took the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules closer to full operational...
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Mar 1, 2004Robert Stevens Named CEO Effective August 6, 2004
Lockheed Martin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vance Coffman announced today that he will retire after 37 years with the company, including seven years as CEO. Lockheed Martin's Board of...
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Dec 30, 2003Ends Year With Five Orders From New and Long-Time Customers
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to build an A2100 geosynchronous satellite, marking the fifth new commercial satellite order received by its Commercial Space Systems business during 2003.
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Dec 23, 2003
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has received a production contract for 25 T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic advanced jet trainers. The T-50 is being developed by KAI with the assistance of Lockheed Martin
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Dec 22, 2003
A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has successfully completed on-orbit checkout and testing of the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) spacecraft launched on Aug. 29, 2003 from Cape...
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Dec 21, 2003
A Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. This mission, designated...
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Dec 19, 2003
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) module for installation aboard the Royal Norwegian Navy's Fridtjof Nansen frigate, the first of five ships in its...
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Dec 18, 2003
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $60 million subcontract by Northrop Grumman to design and manufacture Lightweight Wide Aperture Array (LWWAA) acoustic sensor systems for the fifth and sixth...
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Dec 18, 2003First Images Released
NASA has renamed the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, its newest space observatory, for the late astronomer Dr. Lyman Spitzer, Jr. The official name is now the Spitzer Space Telescope. The...
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Dec 18, 2003
The Lockheed Martin Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) development team is strengthening its technical diversity and communication systems capabilities by adding Harris Corporation and DRS...
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Dec 18, 2003
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to launch an upgraded Global Positioning Systems (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin aboard a Delta II rocket scheduled on Dec. 21, from Cape Canaveral Air...
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Dec 16, 2003
Lockheed Martin has chosen Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton Sundstrand to provide the propulsion system for its entry in the U.S. Navy's Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) competition. The Lockheed...
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Dec 15, 2003
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have begun flight testing the latest block of software developed for the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). Testing began on Dec. 12 with a 4.8-hour...
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Dec 15, 2003
Lockheed Martin and teammate PerkinElmer Optoelectronics successfully demonstrated the cold, ambient and hot-temperature penetration capability of its Joint Common Missile (JCM) multi-target...
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Dec 11, 2003
Lockheed Martin's vice president for F-16 programs, John Bean, told reporters yesterday at the Dubai International Aerospace Exhibition that the company contributes to the world's modern defense...
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Dec 11, 2003
The Lockheed Martin- developed Aegis Weapon System successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target outside the earth's atmosphere during its descent phase of flight today. The Aegis Weapon...
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Dec 11, 2003
The Lockheed Martin- developed Aegis Weapon System successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target outside the earth's atmosphere during its descent phase of flight today. The Aegis Weapon...
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Dec 10, 2003
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) recently began flight testing the multimode control radar of the Lead-In Fighter Trainer (LIFT) version of the T-50 Golden Eagle, a supersonic jet trainer...
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Dec 9, 2003
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a prime contract to manage the overall missile defense targets and countermeasures portfolio. The ten-year potential contract value is...
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Dec 8, 2003
Team Apache Systems, a Limited Liability Company (LLC) composed of The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin , reached agreement with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and PM Apache, for the...
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Dec 8, 2003
Lockheed Martin Corporation announced today that its planned acquisition of The Titan Corporation has cleared the mandatory waiting period required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...
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Dec 6, 2003
The newest, most advanced Lockheed Martin F-16 completed a successful first flight today. The aircraft is the first of the Block 60 line, which has been designated the F-16E/F version. It is the...
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Dec 4, 2003
The U.S. Air Force recently further extended the phase maintenance interval for its Block 40/42/50/52 F-16C/Ds to 400 flight hours. This is a strong indicator of the F-16's inherent reliability...
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Dec 4, 2003Transformational Capability Integrates Operational, Tactical Battle Management
Lockheed Martin today demonstrated a revolutionary new system for air battle management -- one that enables warfighters at all levels to react and respond in real time to the constantly changing...
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Dec 4, 2003
A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) was successfully launched from a B-1B bomber Oct. 30 over China Lake, California, making it the first conventional guided missile...
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Dec 4, 2003
The Spanish Navy commissioned its second F100-class frigate equipped with the Lockheed Martin- developed Aegis Weapon System on Dec. 3 during a ceremony at the IZAR shipyard in Ferrol, Spain. The...
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Dec 3, 2003
Lockheed Martin UK Ltd. , Rolls-Royce plc and VT Group plc today formally announced the name of their consortium team bidding for the UK Ministry of Defence's Military Flying Training System (UK...
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Dec 3, 2003Maturity Rating Affirms Global Systems Integrator's Best-in-Class Credentials
Lockheed Martin has achieved a record-setting fourth Level 5 capability maturity rating against the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration model, or CMMI....
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Dec 2, 2003
Lockheed Martin marked the completion of the first Aegis Integrated Weapon System (IWS) with the SPY-1F radar for the Royal Norwegian Navy today with a pull- the-plug ceremony at its Moorestown...
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Dec 2, 2003
U.S.-based Lockheed Martin and Elbit Systems Ltd, based in Israel, will jointly pursue helicopter modernization opportunities in Bulgaria as well as in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and...