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 3, 2010
Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander, 3rd Air Force, yesterday accepted the 11th of 14 Lockheed Martin C-130Js to be based at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. "The delivery of this aircraft marks one more...
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Mar 3, 2010
Lockheed Martin was awarded an initial 10-year contract valued at more than $100 million by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to provide its Army with warehousing and repair services. The...
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Mar 3, 2010
The U.S. government has awarded an initial $213 million to Lockheed Martin for long-lead tasks for the production of 20 new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft for Egypt. "This is a great day for...
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Mar 2, 2010Lockheed Martin Continues Efforts for Safe and Effective Launch Mission
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been awarded a $23 million contract to provide services which will extend Range Standardization and Automation (RSA) IIA support to complete the Western...
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Mar 2, 2010
John Miyamoto, a vice president for Lockheed Martin , has received an Asian American Executive of the Year Award for 2010, presented by the Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA (CIE/USA) in...
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Mar 2, 2010
The German Weather Service (DWD) has signed a contract with Selex Systems Integration GmbH to deliver a Low Level Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS) for the Frankfurt and Munich, Germany airports....
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Mar 2, 2010
The government of Tunisia has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of two C-130J Super Hercules airlifters with an initial three years of logistics support. Tunisia's new...
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Mar 1, 2010
The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is ready for flight. Built for the NASA Goddard Space Flight...
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Mar 1, 2010Innovative high-temperature material system to provide better crew protection
The Lockheed Martin -led team developing the Orion crew exploration vehicle achieved a major technology milestone by completing fabrication of the world's largest heat shield structure. The shield...
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Feb 26, 2010
The U.S. Air Force's Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B8 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin , has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service in providing secure and...
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Feb 25, 2010Award from Joint Services Shows Confidence in AMF JTRS
Additional equipment is being developed to support early integration and testing of a revolutionary tactical network that will provide warfighters in the air, on land and at sea with secure,...
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Feb 25, 2010
SEEsuite Designed to Help Customers Make Transition To Integrated Power and Communications Networks What: Lockheed Martin will demonstrate its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(TM), of...
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Feb 24, 2010
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and...
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Feb 22, 2010Washington, D.C. Area Employees Recognized for Engineering Leadership
Seven local engineering professionals from Lockheed Martin have been recognized for their achievements in shaping the future of science, technology and engineering. The employees were named Modern...
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Feb 22, 2010Philadelphia Area Employees Recognized for Engineering Leadership
Four local engineering professionals from Lockheed Martin have been recognized for their achievements in shaping the future of science, technology and engineering. The employees were named Modern...
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Feb 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin engineers and scientists received 41 prestigious awards at the 24th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) held in Baltimore, Md., on Saturday, February 20. "Engineers are...
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Feb 22, 2010Election Observers Provided in Support of State Department
PAE, a Lockheed Martin company, has successfully concluded its role supporting the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) electoral observation mission in Ukraine. Under a State...
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Feb 22, 2010
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman , was recently awarded an $86 million contract from AgustaWestland to support LONGBOW FCR systems on...
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Feb 19, 2010
At the Air Force Association's 26th Annual Air Warfare Symposium, Lockheed Martin officials provided details on how the C-5M is cost-effective, saves fuel and increases strategic airlift...
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Feb 19, 2010
Dr. Alan M. Title, physicist at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, was inducted last evening into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. The...
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Feb 19, 2010
The United States Air Force officially becomes the first F-35 Lightning II customer later this year, when the first of the stealth fighters is delivered to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The delivery...
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Feb 19, 2010Companies to collaborate to deliver ultra-low rate voice coding technology to the VoIP Market
Lockheed Martin and Adaptive Digital Technologies have signed an agreement to introduce Lockheed Martin's voice compression technology Time Domain Voicing Cutoff (TDVC) to commercial markets. TDVC...
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Feb 18, 2010
Lockheed Martin's enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile...
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Feb 18, 2010Lockheed Martin-Built Spacecraft One Year Away From Encounter with Tempel 1
NASA's Stardust-NExT (New Exploration of Tempel) spacecraft fired its engines for 22 minutes 53 seconds on Feb. 17 to purposely delay its arrival at comet Tempel 1 by 8 hours 21 minutes. In one...
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Feb 17, 2010
Piloted by Lockheed Martin F-35 Test Pilot Jeff Knowles, the third F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., today....
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Feb 17, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that Steve Wozniak, Apple Computer, Inc. co-founder and Fusion-io chief scientist will deliver the opening keynote address at MILCOM 2010. As the premier...
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Feb 16, 2010
The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), departed from Naval Station Mayport, FL, today for its maiden deployment, approximately two years ahead of schedule. The agile...
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Feb 16, 2010
The Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence has earned the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Silver certification. The USGBC's Green Building Rating System(TM), is an internationally...
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Feb 16, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has achieved a key integrated test milestone on the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft at its facilities in...
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Feb 16, 2010
Lockheed Martin has completed, ahead of schedule, production of its first two Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), both new six-passenger Infantry Carrier variants. The vehicles will be delivered...
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Feb 15, 2010
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 15, 2010 - Lockheed Martin will highlight several programs that are shaping the company's critical global security capabilities during the 26th Annual Air Force...
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Feb 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that the Beam Control/Fire Control system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) successfully aimed the High Energy Laser beam in an...
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Feb 11, 2010
Two state-of-the art solar instruments built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, were launched this morning at 10:23 a.m....
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Feb 10, 2010
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $160 million follow-on contract for technical and engineering support of its land-based test facility for the Aegis Ballistic Defense (BMD) Weapon System....
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Feb 9, 2010
BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 9 -- Lockheed Martin will highlight its broad range of land and naval defense products, systems and solutions in briefings for members of the media at the 2010 Defense Expo...
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Feb 9, 2010
Lockheed Martin has formally delivered the 50th MH-60R helicopter, fully equipped for its mission to protect the U.S. Navy fleet from hostile submarines and surface ships. The newest member of the...
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Feb 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation and Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Marine Corps the capability of the Unmanned K-MAX®...
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Feb 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin's Warfighters' Simulation (WARSIM) program delivered realistic division Warfighter results during its debut in a recent command post exercise conducted by the U.S. Army's Second...
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Feb 4, 2010Team Saves Customers Enough Energy to Power More than 40,000 Homes for a Year
Lockheed Martin's energy efficiency team helped save more than 400 million kilowatt hours of electricity and four million therms of natural gas in 2009. That is enough energy to power more than...
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Feb 4, 2010
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $243.5 million for an eighth production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. The award brings the total contracted quantities of the...
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Feb 3, 2010
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company announced today that it has named Mathew "Mat" J. Joyce vice president and program manager for Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD). "Lockheed Martin is...
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Feb 3, 2010
The USO Board of Governors welcomes its newest member, Lockheed Martin Corporation president and chief operating officer Christopher E. Kubasik. "What a stellar addition to the USO Board," said...
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Feb 3, 2010
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $30.8 million contract for Phase II of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Cyber Range (NCR) program. It follows completion of a $5.4...
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Feb 3, 2010
Two state-of-the art solar instruments built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto are awaiting launch on Feb. 9, 2010...
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Feb 3, 2010
Lockheed Martin today released the following statement regarding the FY2011 budget request to cancel the Orion Project as part of NASA's Constellation Program: We are keenly disappointed in the...
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Feb 2, 2010
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter today became the fifth F-35 to begin flight operations. The jet, known as BF-3, departed the runway near...
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Feb 2, 2010Managed Services to NASA to continue into 2011
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been awarded a contract extension from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue ODIN (Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for...
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Feb 1, 2010
A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) underwent a successful Product Upgrade Verification (PUV) flight test on January 12 at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The missile...
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Jan 28, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a first quarter 2010 dividend of $0.63 per-share. The dividend is payable March 26, 2010 to holders of record...
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Jan 28, 2010
-- Fourth quarter net sales of $12.5 billion; Full year net sales of $45.2 billion -- Fourth quarter earnings per share of $2.17; Full year earnings per share of $7.78 -- Fourth quarter net...
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Jan 27, 2010
A Royal Air Force officer on Tuesday became the first active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike...
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Jan 25, 2010
Lockheed Martin today launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(TM), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented...
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Jan 25, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that its new Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory (SVIL) has achieved initial operational capability and is supporting the company's satellite development program...
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Jan 21, 2010
Lockheed Martin will webcast live its Fourth Quarter 2009 and Year-End Conference Call on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Bob Stevens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Tanner,...
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Jan 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that it will respond to the draft request for proposals (RFP) for the Development and Sustainment Contract for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and...
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Jan 20, 2010
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully mated the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite's high-performance communications system module with the propulsion core at...
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Jan 19, 2010
Lockheed Martin has announced the appointment of 62 world-class engineers, scientists and technologists, including eight employees from the Philadelphia area, as new members of the Lockheed Martin...
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Jan 18, 2010'PC on a Stick' Secures Desktop and Data for Telecommuters, On-the-Go Workforce
Today's mobile workforce can now trade in their laptop for a flash drive, thanks to an innovative new mobile computing technology from Lockheed Martin and IronKey. The new IronClad(TM) USB drive...
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Jan 18, 2010Academic relationships with cyber institutions provide pipeline while internal efforts strengthen bench
Lockheed Martin today announced evolving talent and workforce development initiatives designed to fill the critical need for a certified and trained cyber security workforce. Lockheed Martin's...
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Jan 15, 2010
Lockheed Martin recently inducted its second C-5 Galaxy strategic transport into the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) production line at its Marietta, Ga., facility. The RERP...
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Jan 14, 2010
Lockheed Martin recently delivered two of seven upgraded P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan under the U.S. Government's Foreign Military Sales program. The...
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Jan 13, 2010Vangent-operated facility will offer approximately 1,600 local jobs in 2010; Total of 11 Call Centers will employ nearly 8,000 nationwide
The U.S. Census Bureau and Lockheed Martin today unveiled a new 1,300-seat call center in Sandy, Utah, to support the data capture efforts required for the 2010 Census. In today's ribbon cutting...
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Jan 13, 2010
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $33 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the technology demonstration phase of the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS). The...
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Jan 13, 2010
The U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program has achieved two key milestones: a testing milestone demonstrating that the ground system is on...
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Jan 13, 2010
The Lockheed Martin -led industry team completed a key milestone in constructing the nation's third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) with the landing of the vessel's two main propulsion diesel engines....
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Jan 11, 2010
Lockheed Martin has received ongoing funding through a recently issued Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) that authorizes Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) associated with the C-5 Super Galaxy...
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Jan 11, 2010
Lockheed Martin dedicated an expanded state-of-the-art electronics fabrication and assembly facility during a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The new 50,000-square-foot addition effectively doubles...
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Jan 11, 2010Five Existing Radio Waveforms to be Added to Tactical Communications Network
True tactical communications interoperability for joint forces is becoming a reality, as more radio waveforms are slated to be integrated into the revolutionary Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station...
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Jan 7, 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time today. The successful test is the...
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Jan 6, 2010New Workstation Delivery Marks First Operational Milestone for NGI System
The Lockheed Martin -led Next Generation Identification (NGI) team has successfully delivered the first Advanced Technology Workstations (ATWs) as part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's...
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Jan 6, 2010
Lockheed Martin will present a number of program briefings for members of the media prior to and during the Surface Navy Association (SNA) 22nd National Symposium in Crystal City, Va. The SNA show...
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Jan 6, 2010Up To 1,200 U.S. Job Reductions Planned To Improve Efficiency, Competitiveness
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced the name and top level organizational structure for its new Mission Systems & Sensors business, one of three primary operating companies within the...
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Jan 6, 2010
Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) and LANTIRN(TM) Enhanced Resolution (ER) navigation pods to the Turkish Air Force....
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Dec 29, 2009
The second Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived today at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (Photo:...
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Dec 29, 2009
The second Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived today at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joseph T. "O.D."...
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Dec 28, 2009D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile Launched in Navy Test in the Atlantic Continues 20-year Record of Reliability
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight Dec. 19 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin . The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged...
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Dec 25, 2009
Lockheed Martin today pledged to donate $400,000 to the Washington Crossing Historical Park in Washington Crossing, Pa. The park, which has experienced recent state budget cuts, is visited by more...
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Dec 22, 2009
The Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) program has announced that the United Kingdom has received financial approval to purchase its third Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft,...
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Dec 21, 2009
Brig. Gen. Michael W. Callan, Vice Commander, 17th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, today accepted the tenth of 14 Lockheed Martin C-130Js to be based at...
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Dec 21, 2009
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus toured Lockheed Martin's F-35 facility Dec. 18 for a preview of the Department of the Navy's first-ever stealth strike fighter. (Photo:...
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Dec 18, 2009
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has selected Lockheed Martin to provide systems engineering support for their Borrego Springs Microgrid demonstration project. The microgrid "proof of concept"...
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Dec 17, 2009
The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency's Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R...
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Dec 17, 2009Global Satellite Phone Service Gateways Accepted
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has completed site acceptance testing over the Inmarsat-4 satellite network and delivered the Global Satellite Phone Service (GSPS) gateway in Subic Bay to...
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Dec 17, 2009
The second generation of Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, BMD 4.0.1, successfully detected, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against a variety of...
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Dec 16, 2009
Lockheed Martin missile defense systems achieved several key milestones in 2009, including five successful intercepts and numerous other major accomplishments, further solidifying Lockheed Martin...
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Dec 15, 2009Former State Department Foreign Assistance Leader to Manage Corporation's Global Aid and Development Programs
Rich Greene has joined Lockheed Martin Corporation as the Director of Global Aid and Development. Greene joins the corporation from the State Department where he most recently served as the Acting...
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Dec 14, 2009
Kelly Aviation Center, L.P., an affiliate of Lockheed Martin Corporation , earned AS9110 certification. The certification puts Kelly Aviation Center in a select group of organizations that go well...
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Dec 14, 2009
Lockheed Martin's facility in Camden, AR, has been selected as the Arkansas Corporate Recycler of the Year by the Arkansas Recycling Coalition. The Arkansas Recycling Coalition, formed in 1989, is...
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Dec 14, 2009
Lockheed Martin's Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2) business unit has successfully completed a Maturity Level 5 appraisal against the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) for Development.
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Dec 11, 2009
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics employees donated more than 700 bicycles and over $130,000 to local community organizations at the annual Holiday Charity Luncheon and Parade on Thursday, Dec. 10. The...
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Dec 10, 2009
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that Joseph LaMarca, Jr., has been named Vice President, Communications, for Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics business area, effective Jan. 4, 2010. "With...
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Dec 9, 2009Joint Network Will Seamlessly Link Air, Land and Sea Forces
A secure, internet-like tactical network is one step closer to providing joint warfighters with unprecedented access to voice, data and video communications, as well as a level of interoperability...
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Dec 9, 2009
NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) - scheduled for launch on Dec. 11, 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. - will scan the entire sky in infrared light, picking up the glow...
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Dec 8, 2009Internationally Recognized Standard for Information Security Governance Demonstrates Ongoing Commitment to Security of Customers' Digital Infrastructure
Lockheed Martin today announced the successful achievement of ISO 27001 certification, an internationally recognized standard against which organizations certify their Information Security...
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Dec 8, 2009
The U.S. Navy is awarding Lockheed Martin a contract with a value not to exceed $851 million for production and deployed system support for the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program...
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Dec 2, 2009Five-Year, $5-Million Partnership to Foster a Clean, Sustainable, Secure Energy Future
Lockheed Martin and MIT today announced a major research partnership to transform how the world combats climate change and produces and consumes energy. The centerpiece of the collaboration will...
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Dec 2, 2009
Lockheed Martin has partnered with a broad range of industry-leading utility companies on projects that will upgrade the nation's electric grid - making it more efficient, reliable, interoperable...
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Dec 1, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced today that it will leverage its capabilities for the Development and Sustainment Contract for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and associated facilities in...
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Dec 1, 2009
A joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin -led team announced today that it has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1)...
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Dec 1, 2009
Using several military training applications adapted for the civil environment, Lockheed Martin demonstrated that a complex higher fidelity simulation exercise could ultimately lower training...