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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Jan 30, 2008
250 LAYOFFS PLANNED FOR APRIL; POSSIBLY 650 FOR THE YEAR More than halfway through its 12-year development phase, with most engineering work complete, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program...
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Jan 30, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a $512 million contract to provide the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) to the U.S. Army and to the...
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Jan 29, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Stevens, at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference on...
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Jan 29, 2008
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $35 million contract to deliver advanced, open-architecture combat systems that will modernize four Tupi-class submarines, one Tikuna-class submarine and one...
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Jan 28, 2008DARPA Authorizes Phase-II Research and Development
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has approved Lockheed Martin's Generalized Integrated Learning Architecture (GILA) for Phase II. Developed by Lockheed Martin's Advanced...
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Jan 28, 2008Aegis Fire Control and MK 41 Launching System Upgrades Perform Successfully At White Sands Missile Range
In a successful first test of its advanced fire control system, Lockheed Martin's Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System recently performed a successful missile firing from the U.S. Navy's "USS...
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Jan 24, 2008
The Lockheed Martin Corporation Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Corporation's common stock of 42 cents per-share. The dividend is payable March 28, 2008 to...
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Jan 24, 2008* Fourth quarter earnings per share up 13% to $1.89; Full year earnings per share up 22% to $7.10
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported fourth quarter 2007 net earnings of $799 million ($1.89 per diluted share), compared to $729 million ($1.68 per diluted share) in 2006. Net sales were...
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Jan 23, 2008
The Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellite constellation, designed and built by Lockheed Martin to provide significantly improved navigation capabilities for military and...
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Jan 22, 2008Curriculum Based Pre-Engineering Program Selected As Cornerstone of "Engineers in the Classroom" Initiative
Lockheed Martin Corporation and Project Lead The Way today announced their partnership in Engineers in the Classroom, Lockheed Martin's innovative K-12 education outreach initiative designed to...
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Jan 22, 2008
Kelly Aviation Center, L.P. a facility performing Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft engines, signed its second partnership agreement with Oklahoma City Air Logistics...
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Jan 22, 2008Contract expands Corporation's footprint in business transformation
Lockheed Martin announced today that the corporation was awarded a 4-year, $33 million contract from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to operate, maintain and enhance e-Services, a suite of...
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Jan 18, 2008
Raptor 03, the third F-22 manufactured by the industry team of Lockheed Martin , Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, took center stage yesterday at The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force as it became...
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Jan 17, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live its 2007 fourth quarter earnings and year-end results conference call on Thursday, January 24, 2008, at 3 p.m. EST. Bob Stevens, Chairman, President...
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Jan 16, 2008
Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Government of Canada valued at $1.4 billion for the purchase of 17 C-130J Super Hercules airlifters and related equipment and services. "We are...
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Jan 16, 2008
The NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Management Agency awarded a $66 million contract to incorporate the Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile as the...
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Jan 16, 2008Satellite Declared Operational for Military and Civil Users Worldwide
The modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 20, 2007, has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation...
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Jan 15, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation has been awarded a $13.2 million contract for computer program modernization and integration for Machinery Control Systems (MCS) of DDG 51 Flight I/II Class ships as...
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Jan 15, 2008
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated digital beamforming (DBF) capability to locate and track live targets with its Scalable Solid-State S-band Radar (S4R) engineering development model. DBF...
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Jan 14, 2008Provides Significant Capability on Arleigh Burke Destroyers and Littoral Combat Ships
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the third production Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the U.S. Navy, increasing the mine countermeasures capability for both DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class...
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Jan 14, 2008
Lockheed Martin received a $40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability to the Aegis-equipped Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force destroyer JS...
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Jan 8, 2008
Lockheed Martin has signed a memorandum of understanding with United Space Alliance to support Lockheed Martin's pursuit of the Facilities Development and Operations Contract (FDOC) at NASA's...
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Jan 8, 2008
Lockheed Martin achieved significant milestones on several critical missile defense programs during 2007, including nine target missile intercepts by weapons systems developed by the corporation....
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Jan 8, 2008Lockheed Martin Receives Contracts Totaling $556 Million for the Combat-Proven PAC-3 Missile Program
Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $556 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven Patriot Advanced...
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Jan 7, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a $29 million production order from the U.S. Army for the combat- proven precision-strike HELLFIRE(R) II air-to-ground missile. The order represents the final option...
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Jan 7, 2008
Lockheed Martin recently completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Replacement Human Occupied Vehicle (RHOV), a next generation three-person Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) that will be...
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Jan 3, 2008
The Portuguese Ministry of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin a direct commercial sale contract valued at $141 million (euro 99.7 million) to upgrade the mission system avionics on five P-3C...
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Jan 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin and Saab Systems announced today that Saab's 9LV Combat Management System is operational in Lockheed Martin Canada's Combat System Integration Lab in Montreal. The 9LV provides a...
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Dec 20, 2007
A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin , was launched successfully today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
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Dec 20, 2007Purchase Strengthens Autonomous Technology Capabilities
Lockheed Martin Corporation has acquired PercepTek, Inc., a Colorado-based provider of advanced autonomous software technologies. Terms of the transaction, which will not have a material impact on...
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Dec 20, 2007
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at $849 million for fiscal year 2008 production and deployed system support for the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program....
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Dec 20, 2007
Lockheed Martin was recently issued a decision from the Korean Intellectual Property Office confirming the company's claim that the term "paveway" is a generic term for a laser guided bomb. Korea...
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Dec 20, 2007
IndustryWeek has selected two separate Lockheed Martin facilities in Orlando and Ocala, FL, as award winners in its 2007 Best Plants competition. This is the first time in the program's 18-year...
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Dec 20, 2007
Lockheed Martin announced today that its navigation payload provider, ITT Corporation, has delivered a new demonstration payload for a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M)...
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Dec 19, 2007
The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been awarded a $96.7 million contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to provide the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will fly...
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Dec 19, 2007Discovery Program mission will map lunar gravity fields
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) newest mission will analyze the internal structure and gravitational forces of the Earth's moon. The Gravity Recovery And Interior...
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Dec 18, 2007
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, the first fighter to combine stealth with short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) capability and supersonic speed, made its debut today amid customers from...
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Dec 18, 2007
The U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems have tested new propulsion technologies for strategic missiles at Naval Air Weapons Center China Lake, Calif. A static test fire was...
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Dec 18, 2007Partnership with Facial Recognition Expert Supports Open, Innovative Solutions
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] further advanced its capabilities and offerings in biometrics solutions through a cooperation agreement with Cognitec Systems, a leader in facial recognition...
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Dec 18, 2007
Lockheed Martin received a contract valued at $44 million from the Latvian National Armed Forces for two long-range AN/TPS-77 transportable air surveillance radar systems, as well as options for...
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Dec 18, 2007
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force made history yesterday when, for the first time, a Japan Aegis guided missile destroyer equipped with Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense...
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Dec 17, 2007
The fifth in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force is ready for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on...
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Dec 17, 2007
The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), a suite of four telescopes for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), has been delivered to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in preparation for...
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Dec 17, 2007
Lockheed Martin recently sponsored a team of six Camden-area fifth and sixth graders in the Arkansas Regional First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Tournament held in Mountain Home, AR. (Photo:...
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Dec 14, 2007
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been...
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Dec 12, 2007
The U.S. Air Force declared Full Operational Capability (FOC) for Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor today, marking another historic occasion for the world's only 5th generation fighter in production....
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Dec 12, 2007
Lockheed Martin announced today the opening of its new space Exploration Development Laboratory in a ceremony dedicating the facility to support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's...
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Dec 10, 2007Lockheed Martin F-35 Marks 20th Flight, 'CATBird' Takes Final Steps Toward Airborne Avionics Testing
On its 20th flight, the first F-35 Lightning II successfully tested engine performance and aircraft handling qualities at up to 20,000 feet as pilots and crew prepare for air refueling in the...
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Dec 10, 2007
The U.S. Navy has given its final approval for Lockheed Martin to proceed with the integration and shipboard installation of the world's first, fully-open architecture Aegis weapon system for a...
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Dec 7, 2007Lockheed Martin F-35 Marks 20th Flight, 'CATBird' Takes Final Steps Toward Airborne Avionics Testing
On its 20th flight, the first F-35 Lightning II successfully tested engine performance and aircraft handling qualities at up to 20,000 feet as pilots and crew prepare for air refueling in the...