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, 2010J6 Director Lt. General Dennis Via Speaks at Monday Lunch
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Dennis L. Via, director of command, control, communications and computer (C4) systems (J6), the Joint Staff, will be the luncheon speaker at MILCOM 2010 on Monday,...
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Sep 28, 2010Lockheed Martin Receives $356 Million Contract Option for Automated Flight Service Stations Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has been granted a $356 million, three-year contract option by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), enabling Lockheed Martin to continue serving the general...
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Sep 27, 2010
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) battle management capability successfully demonstrated interoperability with the NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS) during a Joint Project...
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Sep 23, 2010
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Board of Directors today named Patrick M. Dewar, 49, as the corporation's new senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, effective Oct. 1....
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Sep 23, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a fourth quarter 2010 dividend of $0.75 per-share. This is the eighth consecutive annual increase...
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Sep 22, 2010
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has presented a required life cycle cost estimate to the three partner nations that proves the MEADS system design will significantly reduce...
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Sep 22, 2010New, Fast Sample-to-Answer DNA Analysis Platform Previewed at 2010 Biometric Consortium Conference
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and ZyGEM Corp. Ltd. today are unveiling a new DNA analysis system that has potential to transform how law enforcement, homeland security and defense communities use...
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Sep 21, 2010
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the 1,000th Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile to the U.S. Army last week during a ceremony at its state-of-the-art PAC-3 Missile production...
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Sep 21, 2010
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $10 million contract to develop software that will enable MH-60R and MH-60S multi-mission helicopter aircrews the latest technology to pre-plan...
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Sep 21, 2010Production Operations Now Under Way at Kennedy Space Center
Preparations for Orion's first mission in 2013 are well under way as a Lockheed Martin-led crew begins lean assembly pathfinding operations for the spacecraft. The crew is conducting simulated...
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Sep 20, 2010Early Delivery of Radio Allows for Risk Reduction in Testing
A developmental radio for a revolutionary Internet-Protocol tactical communications network has been delivered ahead of schedule to the U.S. Army AH-64D Integration Team. The Lockheed Martin...
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Sep 16, 2010"PC on a Stick" Offers Innovative Technology for Smart, Secure Teleworking
Lockheed Martin has joined the Telework Exchange in support of their mission to expand and improve telework options for government agencies and employees. The Corporation's award-winning...
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Sep 16, 2010Corporation Continues 21-Year Partnership in Developing IT Solutions that Serve Millions of American Citizens
Lockheed Martin has won a role on a new $2.8 billion, seven-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide information technology solutions to the Social Security...
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Sep 16, 2010
Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the second generation of its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability in a formal U.S. Navy test event. This configuration, known as Aegis BMD 4.0.1,...
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Sep 15, 2010
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has completed an extensive series of Critical Design Review (CDR) events with a Summary CDR at MEADS International in Orlando, FL. The...
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Sep 15, 2010
The Lockheed Martin -led industry team submitted its final proposal revision for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fiscal year 2010-2014 contract to the U.S. Navy today. Lockheed Martin is one of two...
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Sep 15, 2010Team is Executing Transition Milestones
The Lockheed Martin Australia Pty Limited-led team has reached agreement with the Australian Tax Office on the contract to provide End User computing hardware, services and support. With the...
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Sep 14, 2010
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $14 million contract to design, develop, build and test a first-of-its-kind high power fiber laser-based system suitable for military applications. The Army...
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Sep 13, 2010.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $13 million contract to upgrade the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod's (ATP) existing data link with an enhanced digital Compact Multi-band Data Link...
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Sep 13, 2010Streaming Video, Imagery and Electronic Intelligence Sent to Ground Receiving Station
A flying ISR laboratory developed by Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated advanced capabilities to disseminate real-time intelligence data, including streaming video, imagery and communications...
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Sep 13, 2010
A groundbreaking cryogenic titanium machining process, planned for use in the production of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, will make its public debut at the International...
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Sep 10, 2010
Lockheed Martin will present a variety of program briefings for members of the media at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference & Technology Exposition 2010 at the Gaylord National...
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Sep 9, 2010
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded Lockheed Martin and Whiting Turner a $15 million contract to install a biomass steam-generation system to produce heat and power. The VA...
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Sep 9, 2010
The U.S. Navy, supported by Lockheed Martin , successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials for upgraded Aegis Combat Systems installed aboard two Navy ships. The Navy determined...
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Sep 8, 2010Hundreds of executives apply for early-exit incentives
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced the results of a program begun in July to lower overhead and improve affordability by reducing the number of leaders at the vice president and director...
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Sep 8, 2010
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team recently reached the 60-percent completion mark in the construction of the nation's third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS 3, named Fort Worth,...
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Sep 8, 2010Corporation Announces Continued Support for Successful India Innovation Growth Program
Lockheed Martin is announcing its extended support for the landmark India Innovation Growth Program, which boosts Indian technical breakthroughs by helping transition them to market. In...
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Sep 7, 2010Joanne Maguire Becomes First Woman to Receive Prestigious International Von Karman Wings Award
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has presented its 2010 International von Karman Wings Award to Joanne Maguire, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company,...
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Sep 1, 2010
An independently led team has rated Lockheed Martin Aeronautics at Maturity Level 3 against the Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development, or CMMI-DEV version 1.2, following an...
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Sep 1, 2010Upgrade Supports High-Definition, Full-Motion Video and Multiple Operating Systems
An upgrade to the system that provides analysts with access to intelligence will soon revolutionize how they handle intelligence imagery and high-definition, full-motion video, as well as reports....
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Aug 31, 2010
Lockheed Martin achieved a major milestone in the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) Technology Demonstration program by delivering three prototype systems to the U.S. Navy for...
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Aug 31, 2010
The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2, has successfully completed on-schedule a System...
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Aug 30, 2010
Lockheed Martin's multi-purpose AGM114R HELLFIRE II missile struck and destroyed a stationary tank target in its third proof-of-principle flight test, a ground-launch test configured to simulate...
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Aug 25, 2010New Contract Awards Focus on Real-World Demonstrations, Emergent Pilots and Software Development Services
Lockheed Martin will take steps to accelerate the advancement of digital health records and secure health information exchanges with two new agreements to support the Nationwide Health Information...
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Aug 25, 2010
Lockheed Martin successfully identified and tracked four live targets during a test of its Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP) being fielded as part of the Aegis next-generation Ballistic...
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Aug 25, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast a live presentation by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Stevens at the Morgan Stanley Global Industrials Conference on Wed., Sept. 1, 2010....
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Aug 25, 2010
Lockheed Martin today congratulated the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on the 50-year anniversary of the first Corona photo reconnaissance...
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Aug 24, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a $111.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet, resulting in a contract value of $709 million. This...
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Aug 24, 2010United Kingdom Awards Lockheed Martin $5 Million Order for Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $5.1 million contract for additional Desert Hawk III unmanned aircraft vehicles. Desert Hawk III's improved payloads...
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Aug 23, 2010Next Generation GPS III Program Shifts to Production Phase
The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the program's Critical Design Review (CDR) phase...
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Aug 17, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that additional companies have joined its team to pursue the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment...
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Aug 17, 2010
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor...
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Aug 16, 2010
Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Sultanate of Oman for two additional C-130J Super Hercules. Oman ordered its first C-130J in July 2009, for delivery in 2012. The two additional...
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Aug 16, 2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the first flight of the F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) on the Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) platform. EOTS maturation on the...
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Aug 16, 2010
It has long been known that the Earth's magnetic field provides a protective barrier for life on Earth. As energetic particles stream outward from the Sun in the form of the solar wind, they are...
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Aug 16, 2010
Scientists and engineers at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company's (LMSSC) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have demonstrated an innovative perimeter security system for government and...
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Aug 14, 2010National asset will provide significant new communications capabilities to warfighter
The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas V rocket provided...
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Aug 12, 2010
The U.S. Air Force's first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite, designed and built by a Lockheed Martin team, is ready to launch aboard a United Launch...
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Aug 12, 2010Corporation to Maintain and Upgrade Tomahawk Weapons System Software
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to continue software development to sustain the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS). TTWCS is a...
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Aug 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] new Extensible Launching System (ExLS) successfully conducted the first vertical launch of Nulka offboard countermeasure test rounds at Eglin Air Force Base in...
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Aug 10, 2010Team Prepares Satellite in Atlas V Rocket Nose Cone for Launch
The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite was encapsulated into the fairing in preparation for a mid-August liftoff aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape...
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Aug 10, 2010
Students from the Colorado Space Grant Consortium (COSGC) have teamed with Lockheed Martin to develop a miniature satellite, known as ALL-STAR, which stands for Agile Low-cost Laboratory for Space...
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Aug 10, 2010Private Military Network Brings Secure Smartphone Technology to Warfighter
Warfighters on the battlefield will have a persistent wireless broadband network available for tactical use with a new MONAX(TM) communications system from Lockheed Martin that combines the...
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Aug 9, 2010Next-Generation GPS III to complete Critical Design Review Phase ahead of schedule
The fifth Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-5) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin to provide critical navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide,...
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Aug 9, 2010AMF JTRS Radio Transmits Data & Video Between Multiple Air and Ground nodes
Bringing the promise of secure, real-time, interoperable communications for warfighters one step closer to reality, the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS)...
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Aug 9, 2010
The U.S. Navy Reserve and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) recently recognized Lockheed Martin Corporation for outstanding support of U.S. Navy Reservists on active duty and veterans with...
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Aug 9, 2010
Lockheed Martin has been selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to compete for future task orders under the Operations and Maintenance Engineering Enhancement (OMEE) contracting...
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Aug 9, 2010
The Hispanic College Fund today elected Lockheed Martin Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Dr. Ray O Johnson, to its board of directors. Dr. Johnson offers an array of...
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Aug 9, 2010
NorthWestern Energy has selected Lockheed Martin's SEEsuite Smart Grid Command and Control(TM) platform to provide demand response management and integrated situational awareness for the utility's...
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Aug 5, 2010Companies Continue Successful Missile Defense Partnership That Has Resulted in More Than 50 Intercepts
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Company announced today that they are partnering to pursue the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract....
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Aug 3, 2010
A joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has successfully transitioned the Milstar satellite constellation ground control system to the new Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Mission...
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Aug 2, 2010Unique Technology Will Benefit Microgrid, Defense, Vehicle Applications
Lockheed Martin has signed a technology license with Ideal Power Converters, Inc. (IPC), an innovative power converter firm, for the use of IPC converters in government, vehicle and certain...
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Aug 2, 2010Corporation to Produce Tactical Communication Equipment for Combat Vehicles
Brigade combat teams maneuvering across wide geographic areas will soon be linked with commanders and the Global Information Grid through an on-the-move broadband networking capability. As part of...
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Jul 30, 2010
Lockheed Martin has manufactured and delivered the 1,000th payload for the Nulka decoy program, a joint effort between the U.S. and Royal Australian navies that uses a hovering decoy to lead an...
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Jul 30, 2010
Lockheed Martin today applauded the recent actions taken by House and Senate NASA oversight committees as Congress moves forward on a bi-partisan spending plan for NASA. This important legislation...
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Jul 29, 2010
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first AN/AAQ-39 targeting system full production unit to the U.S. Air Force. Q-39 is the electro-optical/infrared fire control system for the U.S. Air Force...
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Jul 29, 2010
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company's (LMSSC) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) has won a 5-year $7 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science & Technology...
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Jul 29, 2010
The Republic of Korea ship Sejong the Great, supported by the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin , successfully completed a three-week series of trials for the ship's combat system. The Combat System...
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Jul 28, 2010
Lockheed Martin delivered the first of 10 new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) outer wings on July 28 for installation on a CP-140 Aurora for the Government of Canada. These wings will be installed by IMP...
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Jul 28, 2010
Officials at the Lockheed Martin facility here formally announced the start of F-35 Lightning II center wing production operations at the plant during a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday. Actual...
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Jul 28, 2010Onizuka AFS Closure Marks End of an Era in Space History
Lockheed Martin today joined in ceremonies honoring Onizuka Air Force Station (OAFS) for its 50 years of service to the nation's government space program as part of a U.S. Air Force event marking...
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Jul 28, 2010Earns Place as Only Aerospace and Defense Company on AMR Research List
Lockheed Martin Corporation provides affordable supply chain management to the U.S. military, and now its logistics and sustainment operations are being recognized with a prestigious industry...
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Jul 28, 2010
The U.S. Navy approved Lockheed Martin's preliminary design for a system to defend surface combatants from anti-ship cruise missile threats. The preliminary design review for the Navy's Surface...
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Jul 28, 2010
Lockheed Martin today announced it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a corporate member and the first systems integrator to promote the use of best practices for providing security...
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Jul 27, 2010- Second quarter net sales increase three percent to $11.4 billion - Second quarter earnings from continuing operations decline one percent to $727 million - Second quarter earnings per share from continuing operations increase five percent to $1.96 - Second quarter cash from operations increases eight percent to $1.2 billion - Increases outlook for earnings per share from continuing operations and cash from operations; decreases outlook for net sales due to discontinued operations
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported second quarter 2010 net sales of $11.4 billion, a 3 percent increase over the $11.1 billion in 2009. Earnings from continuing operations for the second...
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Jul 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin today launched the Eureka Streams(TM) open source project for enterprise social networking. Eureka Streams helps knowledge workers make informed decisions by finding relevant...
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Jul 23, 2010Five Companies Selected to Compete for Tasks
Lockheed Martin is one of five companies selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to compete for future task orders under the Medical Command (MEDCOM) Initial Outfitting and Transition...
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Jul 22, 2010Lockheed Martin Partners with NANA Development Corporation for Critical GMD Missile Defense ContractNANA Development Companies to Provide Logistics, Engineering and Supply Support
Lockheed Martin and NANA Development Corporation announced today that they are partnering in the competition for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development...
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Jul 22, 2010Three-Dimensional Situational Awareness Integrated into Tactical Communications Planner
During the recent Joint Users Interoperability Communications Exercise (JUICE), warfighters used a Lockheed Martin tactical network planner that incorporated three-dimensional situational...
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Jul 21, 2010
For an unprecedented third year in a row, Lockheed Martin was named Top-Performing Company in the "Revenues Greater than $20 Billion" category by AVIATION WEEK. Companies were rated in several...
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Jul 21, 2010System provides emergency communications capability for trapped miners
Lockheed Martin conducted an in-mine test of its MagneLink(TM) Magnetic Communication System (MCS). Testing was conducted at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Test...
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Jul 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin will webcast live its Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call on Tues., July 27, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. ET. Bob Stevens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Tanner,...
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Jul 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin recently completed assembly of its 200th C-130J Super Hercules. The aircraft is the second HC130J for the U.S. Air Force's Air Combat Command and is a clear demonstration of the...
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Jul 20, 2010
The versions of the F-16 being delivered to customers now are the most advanced 4th Generation multi-role fighter aircraft currently available on the international market and are building on the...
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Jul 20, 2010Polaris A1 Missile Underwater Test Launch Proved U.S. Navy Strategic Defense Capabilities
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs' first underwater launch of a Fleet Ballistic Missile, which was designed and built by Lockheed Martin . The Polaris A1...
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Jul 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Italian-based Finmeccanica (FNC: IM) and L-3 Communication Systems-West to pursue international airborne intelligence,...
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Jul 19, 2010
The 5th generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter will serve as the centerpiece for 21st century global security while strengthening international political and industrial partnerships, a...
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Jul 16, 2010
The Government of Canada today announced plans to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the country's next-generation fighter aircraft. The F-35 will replace Canada's fleet of CF-18...
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Jul 15, 2010
Lockheed Martin has opened a Global Positioning System (GPS) exhibit as a part of the Permanent Space Exhibit of the United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria to emphasize the importance of...
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Jul 15, 2010Network to Connect Vehicles, Roadway Infrastructure and Wireless Devices
Working with the Department of Transportation, Lockheed Martin will refine and validate the requirements and architecture of a new communications infrastructure, named IntelliDrive(SM), which will...
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Jul 15, 2010
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. , and Lockheed Martin Corp. will compete jointly for the contract to replace the U.S. Air Force's fleet of combat search...
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Jul 14, 2010
Lockheed Martin has received a $1.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center for test and evaluation of its next-generation HULC(TM) advanced robotic exoskeleton, designed to...
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Jul 14, 2010Partnership Produces One of Year's Top Breakthroughs
R&D Magazine has named Lockheed Martin and Sandia National Laboratories' research on multifunctional optical coatings as one of the 100 greatest technologies introduced this year. The technology...
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Jul 13, 2010
The first Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) enhancements was delivered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in ceremonies here today. The newly re-winged P-3...
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Jul 13, 2010Contract to Provide Full-Scope Logistics Support to Special Ops Troops Worldwide
The U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to provide full-scope logistics support to warfighters around the globe....
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Jul 12, 2010
Officials at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, formally dedicated two Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors on July 9, inaugurating the base as the newest permanent home for the aircraft and marking the start of a...
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Jul 12, 2010Common ARTS and Micro-EARTS Providing Controllers Data from both ADS-B and Radar
Lockheed Martin has enhanced multiple air traffic management platforms to enable the processing of data received from satellite-based navigational aids such as Automatic Dependent...
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Jul 12, 2010
A Lockheed Martin -led industry team has completed a successful critical design review for a system that will give U.S. Navy submarines real-time, two-way communications without requiring...
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Jul 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin will present a variety of global security program and capability briefings for members of the press at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow which takes place July 19-25 in...
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Jul 7, 2010
The ninth Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter entered flight testing on Tuesday, becoming the second test jet to fly with the next-generation avionics package that will populate all...