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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Feb 24, 2005
Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc., a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation , in a joint venture with Granite State Manufacturing (GSM) of Manchester, NH, has been awarded a $14.9 million contract...
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Feb 23, 2005
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team received the first laser system for the aircraft's Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) from BAE Systems Avionics at a special event in...
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Feb 21, 2005
More than 1,200 students at over one dozen Orange County schools will participate in National Engineers Week activities, February 21 - 26, sponsored by Lockheed Martin . Throughout the week,...
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Feb 18, 2005
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $25 million follow-on prime contract for the CROSSBOW II program. Commencing on January 1, 2005, this four-year, nine-month program will provide...
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Feb 18, 2005Purchase Will Strengthen Company's Fed. IT and Tech. Support Service Offerings
Lockheed Martin Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The SYTEX Group, Inc. (TSGI). TSGI, based in Doylestown, Pa., provides information technology solutions and technical...
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Feb 17, 2005
Lockheed Martin announced today that Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Systems President Joseph Cleveland and Lockheed Martin Information Technology President Linda Gooden have...
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Feb 17, 2005
INROADS, Inc., the nation's largest non-profit source of salaried corporate internships for high performing Black, Hispanic/Latino and Native American Indian college students, will host its 7th...
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Feb 17, 2005
The Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) will lead the development of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)-Lo sensor for the recently selected NASA Small Explorer mission. The...
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Feb 17, 2005
With affordability as its cornerstone, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is designed to offer next- generation technologies and capabilities with a price tag comparable to that of current-generation...
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Feb 17, 2005
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $247 million Lot 2 follow-on production contract for Arrowhead(TM), the Army's Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor...
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Feb 17, 2005
IZAR and Lockheed Martin successfully performed initial activation of the first Aegis Weapon System equipped with the new SPY-1F radar aboard the Norwegian frigate Fridtjof Nansen (F-310) at...
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Feb 16, 2005
The four major subassemblies for the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are taking shape as the program progresses toward final assembly in late spring at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth. "Our team's...
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Feb 16, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a $108 million Low-Rate Initial Production-3 (LRIP-3) contract from the U.S. Army to produce 1,014 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets. "The U.S. Army...
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Feb 15, 2005Ethics Resource Center says recipient Norman Augustine has "represented perfectly what it takes to be an ethical leader."
The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) has awarded its 2004 Stanley C. Pace Leadership in Ethics Award to Norman R. Augustine, retired Chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation and founding...
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Feb 14, 2005
Lockheed Martin and EEI Manufacturing Services announced a three-year agreement today under which Lockheed Martin will mentor EEI, a small, disadvantaged woman-owned HUBZone business, in the...
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Feb 14, 2005
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at more than $61 million for continued support to the Acoustic Rapid Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Insertion (A-RCI) program. A-RCI is...
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Feb 11, 2005New Launch Vehicle On Track to Support First Government Launch Later in 2005
Lockheed Martin's first Atlas V booster for launch from the West Coast has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, continuing the proud legacy of over four decades of Atlas operations from...
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Feb 11, 2005
Lockheed Martin delivered the last C-130J Super Hercules airlifter for Italy on February 10, completing a 22-aircraft program for the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, or AMI)....
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Feb 11, 2005
The supersonic T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer has attained several significant technical milestones, including reaching maximum load factors, maximum operating speed, beginning stores...
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Feb 9, 2005Top Army Integrators Join Leading Commercial IT Firms
Lockheed Martin will lead a team of information technology experts from the defense and commercial industries to compete for the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) Enterprise Services program. SAIC,...
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Feb 9, 2005
General Lee Han-ho, Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF), flew the T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer recently. The T-50 is being developed by Korea Aerospace Industries...
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Feb 9, 2005
Lockheed Martin today announced that it has delivered the first modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be readied for a May...
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Feb 9, 2005
Lockheed Martin recently conducted the fifth successful flight test of a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket at White Sands Missile Range, NM. Test objectives included...
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Feb 8, 2005
The Incident Information Management System (IIMS) developed by Lockheed Martin for the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) has expanded its coverage region and is now in use in southeast Pennsylvania....
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Feb 8, 2005
The Lockheed Martin team cut steel for the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) early this month, marking the start of fabrication at Marinette Marine in Marinette. The team will deliver the...
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Feb 7, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received $45 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for the purchase of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block IA Unitary missiles. These missiles will...
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Feb 3, 2005Will be Test-Bed for New Operational Concepts and Advanced Technologies
Lockheed Martin is nearing completion of its integration, experimentation, analysis and visualization Center for Innovation. The Center combines innovative processes, advanced technologies and a...
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Feb 1, 2005
The transformational F/A-22 Raptor has met or exceeded all technical performance parameters during a rigorous Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) by an independent U.S. Air Force...
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Feb 1, 2005
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) selected Lockheed Martin to operate the agency's Automated Flight Services Station (AFSS) network in the contiguous United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico....
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Feb 1, 2005
Lockheed Martin has announced the selection of Kitron AS of Arendal, Norway as an international partner for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). As a world leader in integrated development and...
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Jan 31, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a $532 million contract for 156 PAC-3 Missiles for the U.S. Army, The Netherlands and Japan. This represents the first international sales of the battle-proven PAC-3...
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Jan 31, 2005
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $208.7 million contract to produce three Aegis Weapon Systems. These Aegis Weapon Systems will equip the next three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the...
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Jan 31, 2005Key aerospace leaders - Lockheed Martin, EADS SPACE Transportation, United Space Alliance, Honeywell, Orbital Sciences and Hamilton Sundstrand - Combine strengths to design and build NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle
Lockheed Martin announced today an all-star team of industry innovators have joined Lockheed Martin in the competition to design and build NASA's new Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). Lockheed...
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Jan 28, 2005
OWEGO, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2005 - Team US101 will hold a telephone press conference at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, January 29, 2005, to provide media with comment on the U.S. Navy's...
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Jan 28, 2005
The U.S. Navy today selected the US101 for a new fleet of "Marine One" helicopters for the President of the United States. Lockheed Martin, which leads Team US101 as prime contractor, will receive...
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Jan 28, 2005
OWEGO, N.Y., January 28, 2005 - Team US101 will hold a telephone press conference at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, January 28, 2005, to provide media with comment on the U.S. Navy's...
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Jan 25, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Christopher E. Kubasik, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, at the Lehman Brothers Industrial Select Conference on...
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Jan 20, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live its 2004 fourth quarter and year-end conference call on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Bob Stevens, President and Chief Executive Officer;...
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Jan 19, 2005
In a release issued today detailing the success of the U.S. Air Force deployment of C-130Js to South West Asia, General John W. Handy, commander of Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation...
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Jan 19, 2005
Marine Corps Reservists deploying to Iraq will train to recognize and respond to ambushes and roadside improvised explosive devices using the Lockheed Martin Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer....
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Jan 19, 2005
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the further maturation of its Joint Common Missile (JCM) tri-mode seeker with the successful acquisition and track of a tactical littoral target in a test series...
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Jan 17, 2005Common Imagery Exploitation Segment (CIES) Provides Enhanced Interim Capability
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully delivered the Common Imagery Exploitation Segment (CIES) -- an interim upgrade to the U.S. Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (USAF...
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Jan 15, 2005
After over seven years in space, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe has descended through the atmosphere of Titan, the largest of Saturn's multitude of moons. Pictures of Titan's...
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Jan 13, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation has sold its 42 percent stake in the joint venture company TUSAS Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) to Turkish Aircraft Industries, Inc. (TUSAS). Terms were not...
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Jan 12, 2005
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) to build their next geostationary direct broadcast satellite, designated SIRIUS 4. NSAB is 75%-owned by SES ASTRA, an SES...
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Jan 11, 2005
Team US101 has announced that 42 California-based companies will supply components for the American-built US101 medium-lift helicopter. Team US101 is competing to provide the president of the...
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Jan 11, 2005
Lockheed Martin received a $10.7 million contract from Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) to provide the Gunship Multispectral Sensor System (GMS2) for the U.S. Air Force's AC-130U aircraft....
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Jan 11, 2005Potential Contract Valued at $330 Million Over 10 Years
Lockheed Martin announced today that its team was selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) to compete in the next phase of the Advanced...
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Jan 10, 2005
Lockheed Martin successfully completed land-based testing of the first deployable Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) engagement capability. This marks a significant milestone toward an initial,...
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Jan 10, 2005
A former Air Force base, once used to train pilots for duty in World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War, may again play a role in training pilots to defend America's freedom. In its...
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Jan 6, 2005
The armed forces of the Sultan of Oman have selected Javelin for Oman's medium-range anti-tank guided weapon requirement. In October, the Government of Oman signed a Letter of Agreement with the...
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Jan 4, 2005
The U.S. Army has executed a letter of agreement with Taiwan, setting the stage for the sale of more than 400 AGM-114M blast-fragmentation Hellfire rounds under a foreign military sales contract...
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Jan 3, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a $109.1 million contract for continued Low-Rate Initial Production- III (LRIP-III) of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for the U.S. Army and Marine...
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Dec 22, 2004
Lockheed Martin recently named June R. Shrewsbury to the position of vice president, F-16 programs. Shrewsbury is responsible for the strategy, guidance and direction of all F-16 related business,...
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Dec 22, 2004
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded two contracts totaling nearly $24 million to produce additional systems that automatically process mail containers and help achieve cost savings in...
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Dec 21, 2004Lockheed Martin is the only Aerospace and Defense Company Ranked in Top 10
For the fourth consecutive year, Lockheed Martin was selected by DiversityBusiness.com (formerly Div2000.com) -- the nation's largest organization of diversity-owned businesses -- as one of the...
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Dec 21, 2004
Lockheed Martin today announced that its employees have raised more than $600,000 for the purchase of over 24,000 care packages for overseas troops as part of the Operation USO Care Package...
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Dec 21, 2004
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) began final assembly on the first production T-50 supersonic trainer on Dec. 17 at the company's modern aircraft manufacturing facilities at Sacheon, South Korea....
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Dec 20, 2004
Lockheed Martin has been invited to compete for the next phase of the Integrated Wireless Network (IWN). IWN will provide secure, interoperable nationwide wireless communications for federal...
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Dec 20, 2004
Lockheed Martin completed another key milestone for the U.S. Coast Guard's Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS), enhancing safety and surveillance over a 270-mile stretch of the Mississippi...
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Dec 17, 2004
Lockheed Martin's business in Syracuse today announced that it will hire up to 500 new engineers in 2005 to satisfy its staffing needs. The new engineering jobs are in addition to 750 high tech...
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Dec 17, 2004
The AMC-16 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES AMERICOM, was successfully launched today aboard a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas V rocket provided by...
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Dec 16, 2004O Avião de Baixo Custo, Para Treinamento Avançado e Ataque Leve está Pronto Para Testes em Terra; A Fase de Testes de Vôo está Projetada para Meados de 2005
A Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina S.A. lançou ontem o primeiro avião a jato atualizado Pampa para treinamento, durante uma cerimônia formal. Este AT-63 Pampa é o demonstrador da nova...
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Dec 16, 2004El avanzado y económico avión escuela y aparato de ataque ligero está listo para pasar las pruebas en tierra; La fase de prueba de vuelo está prevista para mediados del 2005
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina S.A. sacó de la cadena de montaje el primer avión escuela a reacción modernizado, el Pampa, durante una ceremonia formal celebrada ayer. El AT-63 Pampa, el...
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Dec 16, 2004
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and five European Participating Air Forces (EPAFs) -- Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal -- are receiving new technologies for their F-16s that will...
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Dec 16, 2004The Low-Cost Advanced Trainer and Light Attack Aircraft is Ready for Ground Testing; Flight Test Phase is Projected for Mid-2005
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina S.A. rolled out the first upgraded Pampa jet trainer in a formal ceremony yesterday. This AT-63 Pampa is the demonstrator of the new configuration of the Pampa,...
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Dec 16, 2004
The crew of the U.S. Navy destroyer Halsey (DDG 97) successfully completed three separate underway sea trials in a single "Super Trial" in the Gulf of Mexico. The consolidated Super Trial reflects...
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Dec 15, 2004
The U.S. Navy today awarded a Lockheed Martin-led team $188.2 million to commence detail design and construction of the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), a revolutionary new class of naval...
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Dec 15, 2004
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-16 fleet achieved its safest flying year in history during the 2004 fiscal year, with three F-16 units receiving top safety awards. The 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB,...
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Dec 14, 2004
The Pakistan Federal Investigative Agency (PFIA) will soon use Lockheed Martin's state- of-the-art fingerprint identification system to quickly identify suspected criminals. The U.S. State...
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Dec 13, 2004U.K.-Based Communications Specialist Strengthens Net-Centric Portfolio
Lockheed Martin Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase STASYS Limited, a U.K.-based technology and consulting firm specializing in network communications and defense...
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Dec 13, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation was awarded a $30 million contract for the Fiscal Year 2005 Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) program. The CCTT is an operational distributed interactive simulation...
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Dec 10, 2004
Team US101 has announced that 24 companies in five New England states will supply components to the American-built US101 medium-lift helicopter. Team US101 is competing to provide the president of...
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Dec 9, 2004
The U.S. Postal Service has selected Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to deliver approximately 1,200 Wide Field of View (WFOV) camera systems for Delivery Bar Code Sorter Input and Output Subsystems...
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Dec 8, 2004
Team US101 has demonstrated through its risk reduction activities over the past several months that it can deliver enhanced capabilities for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program four...
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Dec 7, 2004
Lockheed Martin received a U.S. Air Force contract totaling more than $112 million for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), the world's first stealthy cruise...
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Dec 6, 2004Next-Generation Training and Rehearsal Solution
Lockheed Martin and SimiGon today unveiled NxTrain(C), a next-generation training and rehearsal solution that provides integrated training management and PC delivery capability, during the 2004...
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Dec 3, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced it has completed its acquisition of Sippican Holdings, Inc, a Massachusetts-based supplier of naval electronics systems. Terms of the transaction were...
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Dec 3, 2004Lockheed Martin Adds Night Vision Goggle Capability To U.S. Air Force's F-16 Mission Training Center
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the addition of a night vision goggle capability to the F-16 Mission Training Centers (MTC) it produces for the U.S. Air Force. The enhancement, which...
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Dec 3, 2004
Lockheed Martin has named Larry Lawson as executive vice president, general manager of the F/A-22 Raptor program. In this role, Lawson has overall responsibility for the program, which has a team...
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Dec 3, 2004
Lockheed Martin announced today that Dain M. Hancock, Executive Vice President and President of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics Company, will retire after nearly 40 years of service. The company...
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Dec 1, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that the conversion rate for its $1 billion principal amount of outstanding Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2033 will be adjusted from...
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Dec 1, 2004
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $15.6 million contract to integrate the Armed Helicopter mission kit for the MH-60S helicopter. The award represents Phase III of the U.S. Navy's Armed...
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Nov 30, 2004
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to provide highly integrated physical security systems for its locations in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
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Nov 30, 2004
The Lockheed Martin -built Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, launched successfully Nov. 6 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., has been declared fully operational for military and...
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Nov 29, 2004
Lockheed Martin has named Ross Reynolds as the head of the company's Air Mobility line of business. In this new role, Reynolds will have overall responsibility for the C-130J Super Hercules, C-5...
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Nov 29, 2004
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by Rainbow DBS Company LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation , to build its next five geostationary telecommunications satellites....
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Nov 24, 2004
In the news release, Lockheed Martin Announces Expiration of Maximum Tender Offer; $950 Million of Total Debt to be Repurchased, issued earlier today by Lockheed Martin Corporation over PR...
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Nov 24, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that approximately $666 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.20% Notes due 2009 (the "2009 Notes") were tendered as of the expiration date for...
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Nov 24, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective a post-effective amendment to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 relating to...
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Nov 23, 2004
Lockheed Martin businesses in Central Florida donated 210 flu vaccine doses to the Orlando Orange County Health Department today to assist the county in providing vaccinations to high-risk residents.
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Nov 23, 2004Stevens to Become Chairman Upon Coffman Retirement from Board
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that Vance D. Coffman will retire from its board of directors effective April 2005. As a result of Coffman's retirement, the board of directors has...
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Nov 23, 2004
A ceremony last night paved the way for Lockheed Martin to begin work on an advanced hydrological forecast system that will reduce the effects of annual severe flooding in Romania. The Destructive...
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Nov 22, 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced the full tender offer consideration for its offer to purchase up to $664,644,000 of its outstanding 8.20% Notes due 2009 (the "2009 Notes"). The offer...
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Nov 18, 2004
Video footage described below will be available today at 5:30 p.m. EST for a period of 10 minutes from IA-6, transponder K-13, downlink frequency 11957.00 vertical; 6.2-6.8 audio sub-carrier; analog.
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Nov 18, 2004
Video footage of today's PAC-3 test will be available today at 5:30 p.m. EST for a period of 10 minutes from IA-6, transponder K-13, downlink frequency 11957.00 vertical; 6.2-6.8 audio...
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Nov 18, 2004
Lockheed Martin has won a $525 million, seven-year contract to provide information technology support to the Social Security Administration (SSA), continuing a long-term partnership aimed at...
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Nov 18, 2004
Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile successfully intercepted two missile targets today during Developmental Test/Operational Test-12 (DT/OT- 12), the most complex...
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Nov 17, 2004
The following is a statement from Stephen D. Ramsey, Lockheed Martin's US101 vice president and general manager: "From the outset Team US101 has been prepared to meet every deadline from the...
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Nov 17, 2004
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $30 million contract by the Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation for the U.S. Army Technology Integration Center program (ATIC). ATIC will recapture relevant...