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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Jul 8, 2008Program Will Help TSA Hire and Retain Qualified Personnel
Lockheed Martin has received a $1.2B contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to manage its Integrated Hiring Operations and Personnel (IHOP) Program. Under the potential...
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Jul 7, 2008
Lockheed Martin today released its media briefing schedule for the 2008 Farnborough International Air Show. Briefings will take place in the Lockheed Martin Partnership Pavilion (OE8), unless...
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Jul 7, 2008
Lockheed Martin's Aegis Fire Control System successfully launched a Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) and guided it to a successful intercept of an airborne drone target during a U.S. Navy test at the...
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Jul 2, 2008
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently announced Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system, built for the agency by Lockheed Martin
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Jul 1, 2008
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $23.3 million modification to the C-130 Aircrew Training System contract, which provides comprehensive academic and simulation training...
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Jun 30, 2008LM Team will Transform Distribution Systems to Boost War Fighter Confidence in Delivery of Supplies
Lockheed Martin has won an initial $89-million information convergence contract from the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to help enhance the...
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Jun 30, 2008
Lockheed Martin's Lufkin Operations has been awarded the prestigious James S. Cogswell Award for Outstanding Industrial Security. Of the more than 12,000 cleared defense contractor sites in the...
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Jun 30, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale,...
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Jun 26, 2008
The Defense Security Services has selected a unit of Lockheed Martin Mission Services as a recipient of the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award for 2008, for...
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Jun 26, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced the planned redemption of all of the outstanding $1,000,000,000 in original aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures...
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Jun 26, 2008
The Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT] Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Corporation's common stock of 42 cents per share. The dividend is payable...
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Jun 26, 2008
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted a successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)...
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Jun 25, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $107 million for a seventh production lot of the JASSM(TM) cruise missile. The contract award will bring total contracted...
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Jun 23, 2008Company to support the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
Lockheed Martin was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide Information Technology services to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and...
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Jun 23, 2008
Lockheed Martin received a $10 million contract to produce and support Multi-Function Towed Arrays (MFTAs) for the U.S. Navy's AN/SQQ-89 Antisubmarine Warfare Combat System. The work will be...
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Jun 20, 2008Nation's newest high-performance space-based sensor will deliver revolutionary new global surveillance capabilities to the warfighter
A joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced today that it has successfully completed on-orbit checkout of the second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload in the Space Based Infrared...
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Jun 16, 2008Company Hosts 20 Teachers Over Summer To Enrich Math and Science Education
Lockheed Martin is hosting 20 elementary school, middle school, and high school teachers over the summer as part of the company's on-going partnership with the Bay Area-based Industry Initiatives...
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Jun 16, 2008
David J. Podlesney, a 34-year Lockheed Martin employee, was inducted into the Global Positioning System (GPS) Hall of Fame for 2008 during a May 21 ceremony in Long Beach, Calif. The Global...
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Jun 16, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a A$74.8 million (US$72 million) contract from the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), Ltd. for the "Proof of Concept" phase of the Advanced Train Management...
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Jun 16, 2008
Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated key shipboard combat system components aboard the U.S. Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship, PCU Freedom, with COMBATSS-21, the ship's core combat...
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Jun 11, 2008Media Advisory: STOVL STEALTH FIGHTER MAKES FIRST FLIGHT
The short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II completed its first flight today at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. The F-35B will provide a...
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Jun 11, 2008News conference, satellite feed today
The short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II completed its first flight moments ago at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. The F-35B will provide...
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Jun 11, 2008
With test pilot Graham Tomlinson at the controls, the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II streaked into blue Texas skies Wednesday, marking the first flight...
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Jun 11, 2008News conference, satellite feed today
The short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II completed its first flight moments ago at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. The F-35B will provide...
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Jun 11, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully mated the spacecraft core structure and the payload module for the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications...
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Jun 10, 2008Company to Upgrade Unit Level Command & Control Component
The U.S. Air Force Electronic System Center has selected Lockheed Martin to upgrade the U.S. Air Force flying unit command & control capability formerly under the Theater Battle Management Control...
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Jun 6, 2008
Ceremonies held at Holloman AFB, N.M., today marked the formal beginning of operations for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor with the United States Air Force's 49th Fighter Wing. "The F-22 is the...
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Jun 6, 2008
The United States government awarded Lockheed Martin an Undefinitized Contract Authorization (UCA) for the production of 24 Advanced F-16 Block 52 aircraft for Morocco, making the Kingdom of...
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Jun 5, 2008
Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a short-range unitary ballistic missile target in the terminal phase of its...
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Jun 4, 2008Freedom (LCS 1) Turbines The Largest Ever Installed On A U.S. Navy Ship
The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), has successfully completed another testing milestone with the "light off" of the new warship's twin gas turbine propulsion engines as it...
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Jun 3, 2008
The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, and a national and international team of co-investigators have been selected by NASA to undertake a $750...
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Jun 3, 2008Says Two-Way Transatlantic Collaboration Critical in Globalized World
Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Bob Stevens today told a European defense conference that protectionism has never been a substitute for competitive strength. Stevens said that...
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Jun 2, 2008
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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Jun 2, 2008
Ascent, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and VT Group, has today signed the contract which will see it provide military flying training to the UK Armed Forces for the next 25 years. The initial...
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May 29, 2008
The shaft-driven lift fan propulsion system that will enable the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter to perform short takeoffs and vertical landings (STOVL) operated for the first...
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May 29, 2008Lockheed Martin Team Demonstrates Engagement Management Algorithms for MDA's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has achieved a key milestone for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) payload by successfully demonstrating engagement...
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May 28, 2008
The U.S. Army today activated the first battery of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System, developed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and produced by Lockheed Martin , in...
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May 28, 2008
The Japan Ground Self Defense Force recently exercised an option on an existing contract with Lockheed Martin and its trading partner Itochu, of Tokyo, for the delivery of two additional...
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May 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully delivered the first of two major blocks of flight software designed to provide highly reliable command and control of the Space Based...
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May 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the first SCALPEL(R) weapon system release in a recent flight test at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake test range in California. This...
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May 27, 2008New 360-Degree Radar Contracted By the U.S. Army Ready to Move into Production Phase
Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar. The completion of this final design step, on...
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May 25, 2008NASA Spacecraft will Study Water-Ice on the Northern Plans of Mars
NASA has a new spacecraft operating on the surface of Mars. This afternoon, the Phoenix Mars Lander, built by Lockheed Martin , navigated a dramatic blazing descent through the planet's...
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May 23, 2008Purchase will Strengthen Company's Military Logistics and Health Care Service Offerings
Lockheed Martin has completed its acquisition of Atlanta, Georgia based Eagle Group International, LLC. Eagle Group provides logistics, information technology, training and healthcare services to...
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May 23, 2008
As the Phoenix Mars Lander nears its final destination -- the planet Mars -- Lockheed Martin and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are in final preparations to land the spacecraft on the surface....
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May 22, 2008One Year $36.8 million Award May Reach $189 million Over Five Years
Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center - Charleston to provide information assurance technical support services for the Joint Medical Information...
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May 22, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Stevens, at Sanford C. Bernstein's Twenty-fourth Annual Strategic Decisions...
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May 22, 2008
The United States Department of Defense has authorized the release of funds to buy six conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A Lightning IIs for the U.S. Air Force, with provisional approval...
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May 21, 2008
The U.S. Army successfully conducted a Controlled Flight Test of the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor at White Sands Missile Range, NM, today at...
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May 21, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Judy Marks, President, Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions, at the 2008 FBR 12th Annual Spring Investor Conference...
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May 21, 2008Two D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles Launched in Navy Test in the Pacific
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch this month of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin . The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the...