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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Jun 23, 2009New Architecture Will Deliver Content to Warfighters Worldwide
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been awarded the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Satellite Broadcast Management (SBM) Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) Transition contract by...
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Jun 22, 2009
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $47 million contract to continue managing the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's Card...
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Jun 18, 2009
The Department of Defense Security Service has awarded Lockheed Martin the highest honor it can present to a government contractor, the 2009 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security...
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Jun 18, 2009
PARIS AIR SHOW -- 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...
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Jun 17, 2009
International participants in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program have begun purchasing aircraft and making long-range commitments to integrate the fighter into their fleets, a Lockheed...
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Jun 17, 2009
PARIS AIR SHOW -- The US Air Force's fleet of Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellites, designed and built by Lockheed Martin , has accumulated 100 years of successful...
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Jun 16, 2009Steady Progress Continues on Second and Third Advanced EHF Spacecraft
PARIS AIR SHOW -- Lockheed Martin announced today that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing final thermal vacuum testing...
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Jun 16, 2009Lockheed Martin to Provide Mission and Business Sustainment Services Support to Joint Forces Command
Lockheed Martin has won a new contract for mission and business sustainment services with the U.S. Joint Forces Command's (JFCOM) Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J9)....
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Jun 16, 2009
PARIS AIR SHOW -- Lockheed Martin has completed production and testing of the heatshield for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The heatshield is half of the large and sophisticated two-part...
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Jun 16, 2009
Lockheed Martin's vice president and general manager of F-16 Programs, John Larson, told reporters attending the Paris Air Show today that the F-16 continues to be the most advanced 4th Generation...
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Jun 16, 2009
Lockheed Martin officials briefed reporters today at the Paris Air Show about the proven capabilities of the C-130J Super Hercules, all of which are key components in aiding global security....
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Jun 16, 2009
Responding to aging weapons systems, rising operations and maintenance costs, and struggling international economies, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Global Sustainment is critical in keeping military...
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Jun 16, 2009
PARIS AIR SHOW -- Lockheed Martin announced today that two launch abort system (LAS) motors for NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle are now in place at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico for...
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Jun 15, 2009
A detailed, full-scale representation of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter rolled out of the Fort Worth factory today, with production-representative Very Low Observable...
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Jun 15, 2009
The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), successfully conducted its second and final round of U.S. Navy acceptance trials May 18-22, 2009. The agile 378-foot Freedom, designed...
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Jun 15, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced today that it is hosting 25 elementary school, middle school, and high school teachers over the summer as part of the company's on going partnership with the Bay...
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Jun 15, 2009
Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force. This is the first phase of a multi-year $100 million...
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Jun 15, 2009
At the Paris Air Show today, Lockheed Martin officials discussed the role of air power in global security and the effects of the company's technologies, products and programs in assuring security...
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Jun 15, 2009Testbed Will Accelerate Delivery of Critical Capabilities to the Warfighter
Lockheed Martin today announced the development of an Airborne Multi-INT Laboratory (AML), which will be used for operational testing and experimentation of C4ISR capabilities. The AML provides a...
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Jun 15, 2009
Lockheed Martin is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the world's first hit-to-kill intercept of a ballistic missile target outside the earth's atmosphere. The U.S. Army's Homing Overlay...
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Jun 14, 2009As Paris Air Show Opens, Bob Stevens Calls For Open Markets, Healthy Partnerships
Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Bob Stevens today told a group of journalists that as the global security environment becomes more complex, and the definition of "security" evolves,...
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Jun 14, 2009
PARIS AIR SHOW -- Lockheed Martin announced today that it has delivered the final block of a new flight software architecture that will provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control...
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Jun 14, 2009
Paris Air Show -- The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) III program has entered the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage on-schedule, an extensive...
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Jun 13, 2009
Members of the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union, including about 80 security officers at the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, have approved a new three-year...
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Jun 11, 2009
Lockheed Martin will continue to modernize and sustain the A-10 close air support fighter jet as one of the associate prime contractors selected today by the U.S. Air Force. As an associate prime,...
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Jun 10, 2009
The Lockheed Martin -led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully mated the spacecraft bus with the infrared sensor payload for the second...
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Jun 10, 2009
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 200th Common Cockpit(TM) avionics suite to the U.S. Navy's MH-60R and MH-60S multimission helicopter programs. The avionics suite has flown more than 250,000...
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Jun 9, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced today that seven Bay Area students have been selected for National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarships. The students receiving the scholarships are: -- Emily...
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Jun 9, 2009
Lockheed Martin today formally began full operations as the supply chain manager for the U.S. military's global automotive parts needs. In September 2008, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)...
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Jun 5, 2009Please Note Number of Countries Updated
Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Sultanate of Oman for a C-130J Super Hercules. The aircraft, to be delivered in mid-2012, is in the longer C-130J-30 configuration. "The C-130J is...
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Jun 5, 2009
Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Sultanate of Oman for a C-130J Super Hercules. The aircraft, to be delivered in mid-2012, is in the longer C-130J-30 configuration. "The C-130J is...
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Jun 4, 2009
Lockheed Martin today released its media briefing schedule for the 2009 Paris Air Show. Briefings will take place in the Lockheed Martin Press Center, Lockheed Martin Chalet, Row A, No. 397,...
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Jun 3, 2009
The United States Department of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.1 billion contract modification to produce 17 F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters in the third lot of low-rate initial...
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Jun 3, 2009
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have successfully completed Sniper(R) Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) A-10C site activations at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ, and Spangdahlem Air...
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Jun 3, 2009
Lockheed Martin , the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) and the National Offset Company (NOC) announced the premiere of a state-of-the-art Maritime Simulation and Training Facility at the ACK...
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Jun 3, 2009
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 additional Enhanced...
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Jun 3, 2009
On Tuesday, June 2, Lockheed Martin and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) successfully conducted the initial demonstration flight of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA). This flight marks...
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Jun 3, 2009
Lockheed Martin has announced the Corporation's commitment of $3 million to expand the facilities of the American Community School of Abu Dhabi (ACS), increasing primary and secondary educational...
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Jun 2, 2009
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.5-billion contract for the third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload, the third geosynchronous orbit (GEO-3) satellite and associated ground...
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Jun 1, 2009
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a fixed-price contract for nearly $25 million to develop a prototype for the next-generation 3-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR)....
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May 29, 2009
Lockheed Martin and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) today signed a memorandum announcing the plans for Lockheed Martin AeroParts, Inc. (LMAPI) to purchase a facility now owned by CTC....
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May 28, 2009Former Leader of Air Force Installations and Energy Programs to Focus on Company's Federal Energy Performance Contracting Programs
Lockheed Martin today announced the addition of Kevin W. Billings to its Energy Services team. As Director of Federal Energy Efficiency Programs, Billings will support business development and...
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May 22, 2009
Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC, and Arizona Public Service Co. today announced they signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), a precondition to Lockheed Martin's involvement to design and build...
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May 21, 2009
The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review...
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May 21, 2009
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 19, 2009Corporation to provide accurate, consistent responses to the public and lending industry on FHA programs
Lockheed Martin announced that it was awarded a task order under the GSA's USA Contact contract to operate the U.S. Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Federal Housing Administration (FHA)...
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May 16, 2009
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) have ratified new labor agreements with Lockheed Martin...
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May 11, 2009
In the 1939 film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow imagines a life "if I only had a brain." Now 70 years later, engineers at Lockheed Martin's Advanced...
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May 8, 2009
Lockheed Martin broke ground today on an expansion of its state-of-the-art Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile production complex in Camden, AR. Lockheed Martin anticipates that the new...
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May 8, 2009
Leroy Jeter, a Lockheed Martin employee from Herndon, Va., was recently awarded the Greater Washington Urban League's Chairman's Award for his dedicated service and contributions to the League....
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May 7, 2009Latest Q-70 will be Installed on the Flagship of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet
During a ceremony today, Lockheed Martin delivered the 7,000th AN/UYQ-70 (Q-70) combat computer server suite to the U.S. Navy's Command, Control, Computers, Communication and Intelligence Program...
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May 7, 2009
Lockheed Martin Corporation has been awarded a contract with initial funding of $4.5 million to retrofit engine controllers as part of the U.S. Navy's modernization program for the DDG 51 Arleigh...
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May 6, 2009
Lockheed Martin today delivered the 13th of 16 C130J Super Hercules to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The aircraft will be assigned to the 41st Airlift Squadron, the first active-duty combat...
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May 5, 2009
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed flight testing of a new signals intelligence (SIGINT) payload and a next generation wing design that will provide enhanced capabilities for the company's...
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May 5, 2009
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) has developed technology that allows disparate software models to work together -- a breakthrough that will boost modeling precision during...
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May 4, 2009
A team led by Lockheed Martin is providing support to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the planning, training and implementation of Servicing Mission 4 (SM-4) to the Hubble Space Telescope...
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May 4, 2009
The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed ("CATBird") aircraft recently completed a two-week deployment to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where it demonstrated the...
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May 4, 2009
Lockheed Martin has announced that General Dynamics, ViaSat Inc., Harris Corporation and American Systems will be a part of its industry team pursuing the competitive contract for the U.S. Navy's...
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May 1, 2009
A Lockheed Martin executive said Friday that the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II will help meet the challenges of future forces across the range of military operations. "The F-35 was designed to...
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Apr 30, 2009Purchase Strengthens Company's UK Strategic Weapons System Services Capabilities
Lockheed Martin UK Limited (LMUK), a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation , has acquired Imes Strategic Support Limited (ISSL), a subsidiary of the IMES Group, a privately held company based...
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Apr 29, 2009Department of Energy Awards Lockheed Martin-Led Team $3.059 Billion Hanford Mission Support Contract
The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected a team led by Lockheed Martin to manage and operate the new Mission Support Contract at its Hanford site in south central Washington State. The latest...
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Apr 29, 2009
Lockheed Martin's Paul Shattuck, Airborne Laser (ABL) Beam Control/Fire Control chief engineer and technical director, and five of his government and industry ABL teammates have received a U.S....
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Apr 29, 2009
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 50th C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifter upgraded with Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) improvements. AMP is the first part of the two-phase C-5 modernization...
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Apr 27, 2009
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Lockheed Martin as the systems integrator and Raytheon Company as the radar developer for Phase 3 of its Integrated Sensor is...
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Apr 27, 2009
After a three-week ocean voyage, a static-test version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, has arrived in the United Kingdom. The F-35A conventional...
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Apr 27, 2009NSA, Service Academy Experts Test Advanced Tactics and Technologies for Cyber Security
Teams of cyber security experts from the National Security Agency (NSA) and the nation's service academies squared off last week in one of the nation's most expansive and sophisticated cyber "war...
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Apr 27, 2009
Lockheed Martin's Central Florida units will recognize 14 companies as their outstanding small business providers for 2008. Executives from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control and Lockheed...
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Apr 27, 2009
A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced today that the five-satellite Milstar constellation has accumulated 50 years of combined on-orbit operations and continues to provide secure,...
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Apr 24, 2009
Lockheed Martin Corporation has become the premier sponsor of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) annual Dean Acheson Lecture for five years beginning in 2009. In addition to prominently...
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Apr 23, 2009Hover-Pit Ground Tests Validate Propulsion System and Aircraft Response
The F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant has demonstrated during testing that it produces excess vertical thrust - more than required to carry out its missions. The...
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Apr 23, 2009
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a second quarter 2009 dividend of $0.57 per-share. The dividend is payable June 26, 2009 to holders of record...
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Apr 23, 2009
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 160 students in...
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Apr 23, 2009
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. Nearly 4,000 students are participating today at...
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Apr 22, 2009Collaborative Mission Planning Tool Delivered
Lockheed Martin has enhanced the U.S. Strategic Command's ability to plan operations that support their critical mission areas, which include strategic deterrence, space and cyberspace. The...
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Apr 22, 2009Facility Supports Lockheed Martin's Work in Utility-scale Renewable Energy
Lockheed Martin today observed Earth Day with a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of its solar energy testbed. The testbed supports Lockheed Martin's work in utility-scale...
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Apr 22, 2009
Following aggressive efforts to support the U.S. Navy by locating and nurturing small, innovative technology businesses, Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated a Lakota Technical Solutions,...
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Apr 21, 2009Company to Develop Capabilities that Enable Fused, Real-Time Pictures of
Lockheed Martin is one of six companies selected by the U.S. Army to compete for future task orders across the Battle Command Family of Products, an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)...
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Apr 21, 2009* First quarter net sales of $10.4 billion
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported first quarter 2009 net earnings of $666 million ($1.68 per diluted share), compared to $730 million ($1.75 per diluted share) in 2008. Net earnings in...
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Apr 20, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced today a major milestone on the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) with the successful delivery of the fully-integrated payload for the second...
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Apr 20, 2009
Lockheed Martin has begun its first friction stir weld process on an Orion crew module Ground Test Article at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. This ground test article will...
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Apr 20, 2009Companies to Collaborate on Advanced Technologies for Video Management and Analysis
Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation have signed a collaboration agreement to develop next-generation technologies for managing and analyzing full-motion video intelligence. The two companies...
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Apr 19, 2009
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), District 776, have ratified a new labor agreement with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. The new agreement is...
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Apr 17, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced today the addition of the Turkish Air Force 2nd Air Supply and Maintenance Center to the company's global network of authorized C-130 service centers. The 2nd Air Supply...
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Apr 16, 2009
Media members are invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Lockheed Martin's Lufkin Operations (1008 North John Redditt Drive, Lufkin, Texas)....
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Apr 16, 2009
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) of Japan to build its next geostationary communications satellite. Designated...
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Apr 15, 2009
Lockheed Martin received a $1.6 million contract from the Brazilian Air Force to support six of its TPS-77 -- known in Brazil as the B34 -- long range air surveillance radars currently monitoring...
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Apr 15, 2009Lockheed Martin Provides Major Sponsorship Gift for Expansion of National Museum of the Marine CorpsDonation is lead gift in Marine Corps Heritage Foundation campaign to complete Marine Corps Heritage Center and to provide for an expanded Education Program
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation has announced a donation of $10 million from Lockheed Martin, the world's leading global security company. The 10-year Lockheed Martin gift will expand the...
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Apr 14, 2009
Lockheed Martin and Angeles Composite Technologies (ACTI) celebrated their Nunn-Perry Award for mentoring and supplier excellence today during an event at the ACTI facility in Port Angeles, Wash....
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Apr 14, 2009
Lockheed Martin Corporation was awarded a $30.5 million contract to produce three Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulators (RVS) and seven Reconfigurable Vehicle...
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Apr 14, 2009
Lockheed Martin will webcast live its First Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 11 a.m. EDT. Bruce Tanner, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, and...
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Apr 14, 2009
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite, a major program milestone that proves...
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Apr 14, 2009
If you think being an engineer at Lockheed Martin means a choice between playing with your Nintendo Wii(TM) controller or creating some serious high-tech wizardry, then think again because you can...
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Apr 13, 2009
Lockheed Martin today named Nettie R. Johnson as corporate vice president of worldwide media relations, effective April 27. In this role, Johnson will serve as chief spokesperson for the...
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Apr 13, 2009
Lockheed Martin officially rolled out the new Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System launcher and Fire Control and Communications unit today in a ceremony at the company's THAAD...
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Apr 9, 2009
The Lockheed Martin Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has submitted its proposal for the program's follow-on production phase and has completed a major Preliminary Design Review (PDR)...
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Apr 9, 2009
Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Services-Defense product line achieved a Maturity Level 5 rating during its recent appraisal against the Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration...
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Apr 9, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 9 -- Angeles Composite Technologies, Inc. (ACTI) and Lockheed Martin won the DoD Nunn-Perry award for their accomplishments as a mentor-protege team. This partnership is a...
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Apr 9, 2009
Media members are invited to attend a rollout ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2009, at the Lockheed Martin's Camden Operations in Camden, AR. Lockheed Martin will officially roll out...
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Apr 7, 2009
Today representatives of the U.S. Air Force welcomed the first of 14 new Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will be permanently based at Ramstein Air Base. During a ceremony that...
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Apr 6, 2009
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Kuwait Ministry of Defense to significantly upgrade the Kuwait Air Force AN/FPS-117 long-range radar originally delivered in 1993. The radar is...