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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May 6, 2010
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3.5 million contract to develop the Integrated Smart-BEAR Power System (ISBPS) for the U.S. Air Force. The Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) program...
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May 6, 2010Orion Launch Abort System Tests the Limits of New Technologies
Within 97 seconds of an initial 500,000-pound blast of solid rocket motor thrust, Orion completed its first successful flight test of the launch abort system at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile...
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May 5, 2010President's Volunteer Service Awards Presented to Lockheed Martin employees during National Volunteer Week
President Obama's 2009 President's Volunteer Service Awards were presented to 4,578 outstanding volunteers by Lockheed Martin leaders during National Volunteer Week (April 18-24, 2010). The awards...
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May 5, 2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments of the Navy's...
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May 4, 2010
Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq GS: KAMN), has proven in recent tests that the unmanned K-MAX helicopter can resupply troops with cargo airdropped by parachute.
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May 4, 2010LM Team will Implement a Solution to Better Maintain, Repair and Track Equipment Used in Support of the National Airspace System
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $28-million contract to design and integrate a supply chain software platform that supports operations to...
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May 3, 2010
Reflecting a need to prepare for anticipated growth and to meet the future operational needs of its key aircraft programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics today announced new assignments for three key...
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Apr 29, 2010
A Lockheed Martin F-16 demonstrated enhanced networked-enabled capabilities during the U.S. Air Force's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2010 (JEFX 10), April 13-23, at Nellis Air Force Base,...
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Apr 29, 2010
Lockheed Martin has delivered a cutting-edge communications system module for the second satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program. Supporting ultra-high frequency...
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Apr 27, 2010
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2010 - Lockheed Martin will present a number of program briefings for members of the media during the Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition May 3-5, 2010. Journalists may sign...
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Apr 27, 2010
Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the 10,000th Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket during a ceremony held at its Camden, AR, facility today. GMLRS is an all-weather, precision...
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Apr 27, 2010
The U.S. Army Applied Aviation Technology Directorate has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.5 million contract that continues development of the Kinetic Energy Net (KEN) armor design. KEN is a modular...
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Apr 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced the commencement of an offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding debt securities listed in the table below (the "old notes") for a new series of...
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Apr 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin , jointly with Magestic Systems, Inc. (MSI) and Nikon Metrology, has won a first-place JEC Innovation Award in composites manufacturing for technology used in the production of the...
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Apr 26, 2010
Lockheed Martin will recognize 18 small businesses from across the United States for their outstanding support of the Corporation's business units in Orlando, FL, and Dallas, TX, at an awards...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with initial funding of $25.7 million, to provide support for the U.S. Army's fielding of the Terminal...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a second quarter 2010 dividend of $0.63 per share. The dividend is payable June 25, 2010 to holders of record...
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Apr 22, 2010
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST), built and integrated at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, was launched 20 years ago aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, on April 24, 1990,...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin today opened its doors in Huntsville and Courtland, Ala., to students, aged six to 18 years, for the company's annual Young Minds at Work Day. Approximately 170 students in...
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Apr 22, 2010
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company today opened its doors to students, aged six to 18 years, for the company's annual Young Minds at Work Day. A total of approximately 4,000 students are...
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Apr 22, 2010NSA, Service Academy Experts Test Advanced Tactics and Technologies for Cyber Security
Teams of cyber security experts from the National Security Agency and the nation's service academies are squaring off this week in one of the nation's most expansive and sophisticated cyber "war...
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Apr 22, 2010
Spectacular "first light" images and data from the three state-of-the art instruments on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) were unveiled yesterday morning by NASA. The SDO spacecraft was...
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Apr 21, 2010- First quarter net sales of $10.6 billion - First quarter net earnings of $547 million - Generated $1.6 billion in cash from operations for the quarter - Increases outlook for 2010 cash from operations; decreases outlook for net earnings per share - Repurchased 6.5 million shares
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported first quarter 2010 net sales of $10.6 billion, a 3% increase over the $10.4 billion in 2009. Net earnings for the first quarter of 2010 were $547...
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Apr 20, 2010
The seventh Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II flight test aircraft took to the skies for the first time today, with the overall objective of validating the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing...
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Apr 20, 2010Logistics and Sustainment Work Will Reinforce Missions Around the Globe
Lockheed Martin will provide equipment support, inventory management and fielding team support to the U.S. Marine Corps System Command, through a new task order with initial funding of...
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Apr 20, 2010White Paper Reveals Awareness, Trust and Security to Shape Cloud Adoption
Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners today announced the results of a collaborative cloud computing and cyber security survey in a new white paper titled "Awareness, Trust, and...
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Apr 19, 2010
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first of a new fleet of HC-130J combat rescue tankers for the U.S. Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC) during a ceremony here today. Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Andersen,...
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Apr 19, 2010
The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, known as GPS III, continues to maintain schedule performance and meet or exceed...
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Apr 16, 2010
At ceremonies today in Abilene, Texas, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz delivered the first of 28 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifters to the 317th Airlift Group at...
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Apr 15, 2010
Lockheed Martin today delivered the first two of seven operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), and one companion trailer, to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps for Technology Development...
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Apr 15, 2010C2BMC Supports Real-World Operations 24-7 in 17 Time Zones
The Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program was awarded a two-year, $424 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to continue integration of...
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Apr 14, 2010
Lockheed Martin will webcast live its First Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Bob Stevens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Tanner,...
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Apr 14, 2010Soldier and Family Assistance Center Will Provide Resources for Transitioning Warfighters
Lockheed Martin today announced a partnership with the Fort Meade Alliance and the USO of Metropolitan Washington to outfit the Fort Meade Soldier and Family Assistance Center, which breaks ground...
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Apr 14, 2010New-Generation Military Communications Satellite Ready For Delivery To Support Mid-2010 Launch
Lockheed Martin has completed all factory testing of the first satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program and the spacecraft is ready for delivery to Cape Canaveral Air...
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Apr 14, 2010Podded Reconnaissance Radar Design Acceptable for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
A synthetic aperture radar system with the capability to operate in all types of weather, day or night, is one step closer to providing warfighters with high resolution reconnaissance imagery. A...
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Apr 13, 2010
Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) team has successfully completed an extensive series of static, tower-based and captive-carry flight tests of its tri-mode seeker in a limited...
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Apr 13, 2010
Lockheed Martin will deliver a long-range air surveillance radar system to the United Kingdom that overcomes sensor performance issues commonly caused by the rotating blades of wind turbines. The...
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Apr 13, 2010
The Lockheed Martin Corp. announced today a pledge of $4 million to benefit the UCLA Health System's Operation Mend program, which provides reconstructive surgeries and other health care needs to...
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Apr 13, 2010Space Foundation Honors Hubble Servicing Mission Team That Extended Life of the Orbiting Observatory
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST), built and integrated at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, was launched 20 years ago aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, on April 24, 1990,...
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Apr 12, 2010
The Lockheed Martin -led industry team submitted its proposal for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fiscal year 2010-2014 contract to the U.S. Navy today. Lockheed Martin is one of two industry teams...
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Apr 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program team has delivered its 1,000th missile to the U.S. Air Force. The missile was completed as part of the seventh production...
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Apr 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin will host its first virtual supplier conference today, with approximately 8,000 representatives from suppliers to Lockheed Martin participating via live Webcast. The virtual...
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Apr 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin successfully identified and tracked numerous live targets for the first time using its new Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP). The MMSP is intended to help combine...
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Apr 9, 2010Birthplace of nanotechnology to host gala, symposium, sculpture garden
Lockheed Martin and Rice University are celebrating the 25th anniversary of a breakthrough that has advanced technology in fields from medicine to baseball. Lockheed Martin is sponsoring the Year...
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Apr 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin's multi-purpose AGM114R HELLFIRE II missile scored another success in its second proof-of-principle (POP) flight test, the first armed with a live warhead. The Rmodel, or "Romeo"...
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Apr 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin today announced new green initiatives to reach its 140,000 employees, their families and communities. The orchestrated effort is rolling out in conjunction with National...
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Apr 7, 2010
The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever...
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Apr 6, 2010
Lockheed Martin and Aerojet, a GenCorp company and teammate on the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program, achieved a technological breakthrough by successfully completing full temperature...
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Apr 5, 2010
The Dallas Military Ball (DMB) is pleased to announce that U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George W. Casey, Jr., will be the keynote speaker at this year's Ball, which will take place April 17,...
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Apr 5, 2010
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recognized the team of Lockheed Martin engineers who played a significant role in the successful destruction of an errant United States satellite in 2008,...
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Apr 1, 201013,000 jobs created around the country to support Census data processing
With the U.S. Census now underway, Lockheed Martin's Decennial Response Integration System (DRIS) team is receiving up to 12 million census forms daily, processing as many as 2.5 million forms...
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Apr 1, 2010
TIROS-1-the first Television and Infrared Observation Satellite-and its successors revolutionized weather observation and forecasting. Lockheed Martin and its heritage companies built every one of...
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Mar 31, 2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a wide-ranging series of tests on the multi-mode seeker for its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. JAGM will provide a precision, adverse...
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Mar 30, 2010
Lockheed Martin was awarded an $83 million contract to design, develop, fabricate, integrate, and test the Electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS) for the U.S. Navy. eCASS will...
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Mar 29, 2010Pilot Program in Djibouti Supports Development Goals
Three Djiboutian businesses successfully completed a pilot entrepreneur training program last week, the result of a partnership between PAE, a Lockheed Martin company, Syracuse University's...
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Mar 25, 2010Athena to fill Critical Niche in Affordable Rockets - Available for Launch in 2012
Lockheed Martin Corporation and Alliant Techsystems , have entered into a strategic teaming agreement to offer launch services utilizing upgraded and modernized Athena rockets. These vehicles,...
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Mar 23, 2010
Lockheed Martin and Itron, Inc. today announced an agreement to integrate Lockheed Martin's SEEload(TM) Demand Response Management Solution with Itron's smart grid platform. The integrated...
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Mar 23, 2010Provides Utility System Operators with Greater Flexibility
Lockheed Martin demonstrated the integration of its SEEload Demand Response Management solution with Oracle Utilities Network Management System today at Distributech 2010 in Tampa, Fla. The...
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Mar 18, 2010
A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in...
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Mar 18, 2010
A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in...
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Mar 17, 2010
Lockheed Martin software developers are helping the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Education make life a whole lot easier for students and their families applying for Federal Student Aid.
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Mar 17, 2010
The U.S. Department of Energy recently selected Lockheed Martin to receive two grants totaling $1 million to advance the technology commercialization of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). The...
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Mar 17, 2010Facility will strengthen Corporation's ability to identify and respond to attacks
Strengthening its ability to identify and respond to cyber attacks on its networks, Lockheed Martin has officially opened the Corporation's second Security Intelligence Center (SIC) in Denver. The...
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Mar 16, 2010
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a sole source indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract for Symphony Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RC-IED) Defeat jammer systems. With...
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Mar 15, 2010
Lockheed Martin today announced that Christopher Gregoire has been named Vice President and Controller effective Mar. 29, 2010. Gregoire will succeed acting Controller Mark Bostic. Bostic will...
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Mar 15, 2010First "Valiant Angel" System Delivered Just 90 Days After Contract Award
The U.S. Joint Forces Command is testing a brand new video intelligence system delivered by Lockheed Martin that will help commanders take better control of the flood of video being generated on...
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Mar 15, 2010
Marinette Marine Corporation, a member of the Lockheed Martin -led Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) industry team, recently broke ground for an expansion to nearly double the size of its main indoor...
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Mar 11, 2010
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a core business area of the Lockheed Martin Corporation , announced today that it has been selected by GeoEye, Inc. to build the company's next-generation,...
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Mar 11, 2010
An industry Mentor-Protege agreement between Lockheed Martin and Aegisound LLC of Blacksburg, Va., was recognized with a Department of Defense Nunn-Perry Award in ceremonies yesterday evening....
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Mar 11, 2010
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the...
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Mar 11, 2010
Lockheed Martin , in support of the U.S. Navy, successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) for Aegis Combat Systems installed aboard U.S. and Spanish navy ships. The...
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Mar 10, 2010
Organizers for the 2010 Dallas Military Ball (DMB), which will take place April 17, 2010, at the Hotel InterContinental in Addison, Tex., today announced the entertainment lineup for this year's...
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Mar 10, 2010
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $17 million contract to provide engineering design services for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) on the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga-class...
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Mar 9, 2010
The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Center has rated the C-5M as "effective, suitable and mission capable" based on results from OT&E testing completed in January 2010. The OT&E...
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Mar 9, 2010
Lockheed Martin has delivered the Hawk-T Mk 2 Flight Training Device (FTD) to Ascent for use in the UK Military Flying Training System at Royal Air Force (RAF) Valley, Wales. Ascent is a joint...
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Mar 8, 2010Doppler Lidar System Detects Wind Hazards, Improving Takeoff and Landing Safety
/ATC Global Conference 2010/ - Lockheed Martin announced today that Arc Trade S.r.l. of Italy has purchased a WindTracer® Doppler lidar system which will be installed at the Palermo Airport on...
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Mar 8, 2010
A Lockheed Martin -led team received a U.S. Navy contract to continue development of an automated logistics system that will help Marines plan and re-evaluate missions based on real-time...
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Mar 8, 2010
Lockheed Martin has been selected for one of two initial System Development and Demonstration contracts for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program by the U.S....
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Mar 4, 2010
The C-5M Super Galaxy was honored yesterday by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) for setting one of the most memorable aviation records of 2009. The NAA, as the official record keeper for...
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Mar 4, 2010
Lockheed Martin and the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) are launching a new lecture series focusing on key issues confronting today's Foreign Service Officers and the skills needed to...
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Mar 4, 2010
Lockheed Martin received a low-rate initial production contract valued at $171.8 million from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, NY, for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW)...
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Mar 3, 2010
The Precision Strike Association has awarded the Lockheed Martin and U.S. Air Force Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) program the 14th annual William J. Perry Award. The award is presented...
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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...