Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the initial phase of flight testing of a more powerful engine for the latest version of the F-16, the Block 60. The engine is a General Electric...

Lockheed Martin and the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) rolled out the first Portuguese F-16 aircraft to undergo a Mid-Life Update (MLU) during ceremonies today in Lisbon, marking the start of the...

The Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), FL awarded Lockheed Martin a $12 million contract for the Autonomous Wide Area Search Munition (AWASM) program, focused on...

The U.S. Air Force recently exercised a contract option associated with Phase III of the F-16 Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) by awarding Lockheed Martin $26.6 million for...

Lockheed Martin officials said today at the Paris Air Show that the company's solution to meet the U.S. Navy's requirement for a new maritime patrol aircraft also presents a low risk solution to...

Lockheed Martin's F- 16 Fighting Falcon continues its historic evolution, honing its edge in meeting new operational requirements both in the defense marketplace and in combat, according to John...

Lockheed Martin's renowned Skunk Works officially marks its 60th Anniversary today. Once the informal name for the Lockheed organization led by Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson that produced many of...

Officials from the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF), Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Lockheed Martin said today that the T-50 Golden Eagle development program is on track and the...

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program is extending technological frontiers and establishing new levels of international participation in a fighter aircraft program, the F-35 JSF's...

Lockheed Martin officials said today at the Paris Air Show, that the company's C-130J Super Hercules, the world's most advanced airlifter, is delivering outstanding performance for operators...

Dain M. Hancock, president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., said lessons learned in the Iraq war are likely to drive aerospace technology development for the next several years, with the...

Lockheed Martin today updated its press-briefing schedule for the 2003 Paris Air Show. New additions are an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter international teaming agreement announcement and signing...

Lockheed Martin today released its press-briefing schedule for the 2003 Paris Air Show. Briefings will take place at the Lockheed Martin press center adjacent to the company's business chalet at...

Lt. Gen. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Chief of Staff of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces, and his delegation visited Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant on May 23 to review the...

Lockheed Martin has received a finalized contract from the U.S. Air Force valued at approximately $320 million to build 10 F-16s for the Chilean Air Force under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales...

The T-50 Golden Eagle, an advanced supersonic trainer developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with the assistance of Lockheed Martin , has completed its 100th test flight. "The T-50...

General Electric and Lockheed Martin yesterday announced the official opening of GE's new International Technical Center of Excellence (GE ITCEC), marking a major milestone in the offset...

BAE SYSTEMS Platform Solutions has delivered the first Vehicle-Management Computer (VMC) to F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team at Lockheed Martin . Also delivered was the Vehicle Management Computer...

Awards to two Canadian firms for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft's Instructional System Development (ISD) tools signal a continued international presence on the Lockheed Martin-led team to...

Lockheed Martin officials, along with officers from the United States and Italian Air Forces, participated in a rollout ceremony today at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for the first of 34 F-16...

Crediting reduced costs from suppliers as a catalyst, the U.S. Air Force has exercised a contract option by awarding Lockheed Martin $117.6 million to add one F/A- 22 aircraft and associated...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. recognized its employee volunteer service today at a lunch honoring individuals volunteering 250 hours or more during a calendar year. A total of 121 awards were...

Lockheed Martin has reached a new labor agreement with District Lodge 776 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the largest union at its Fort Worth, Tex.,...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. received a contract from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on March 31 valued at approximately $160 million to manufacture components for eight additional F-2...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Palmdale has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for dramatically reducing the use of hazardous materials in the F-35 Joint Strike...

Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported first quarter 2003 earnings from continuing operations of $250 million, or $0.55 per diluted share, compared to $224 million, or $0.50 per diluted share...

A successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) has the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team looking ahead to upcoming milestones while closing out a handful of remaining PDR issues. As...

The Polish Minister of Economy, Labour and Social Policy and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, a business area of Lockheed Martin Corporation , today signed a Master Offset Agreement valued at...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT], is disappointed that the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 776, rejected the...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $20.3 million contract for the first production phase of the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). The contract is for the procurement of eight...

The Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI, Italian Air Force), joined by Lockheed Martin , today commemorated the acceptance of its National Training Center (NTC) at Pisa Air Base, Italy. Lockheed...

The U.S. Air Force F-16 Combined Test Force at the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., recently began flight testing the high-resolution ground- mapping capability of...

The first production F-16 conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) recently were flown for the first time on newly produced Lockheed Martin F-16s. CFTs are two large external, pod-like fuel reservoirs attached...

Lockheed Martin today received a contract, ultimately valued at $4B, for the multiyear acquisition of 60 C-130J aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps. The value covers a six year...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.'s F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter Program has been honored with the 2003 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is a business...

Lockheed Martin has received a $20.5 million Naval Air Systems Command contract for Phase II of the Component Advanced Development (CAD) portion of the Navy's new Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft...

Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced today that the T-50 Golden Eagle advanced supersonic trainer achieved supersonic flight for the first time on Feb. 19. "The aircraft...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company President Dain Hancock and Alenia Aeronautica President and Chairman Giorgio Zappa met yesterday in Fort Worth, Texas, to review a number of joint programs...

Two Lockheed Martin Aeronautics engineers have been chosen as winners of the 2003 Black Engineer of the Year Awards: Angele D. Harrison and William Harrison III. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is...

Lockheed Martin rolled the 100th member of the C-130J Super Hercules family off the production line today at its manufacturing facility in Marietta, Ga. Coming just more than seven years after the...

The final Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter built for developmental flight testing was flown from the company's facilities in Marietta, Ga., recently to California. The aircraft...

The Lockheed Martin -led F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter flight-test program has for the first time successfully demonstrated between two Raptors the capabilities of the Intraflight Datalink...

Lockheed Martin's Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) team successfully completed several significant tests during the program's Component Advanced Development (CAD) phase, becoming "first to fly" during...

Lockheed Martin today completed the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program hardware delivery with the installation of LM-STAR(TM) avionics test equipment at QM Systems in Worcester, England, and...

Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS) today signed a contract with the government of Greece for the acquisition of 12 C-27J Spartan medium transport aircraft plus an option...

* Lockheed Martin Reports 2002 Net Sales of $26.6 Billion, An 11% Increase Over 2001 * Reports 2002 Earnings Per Share From Continuing Operations of $1.18 After $1.40 Of Unusual Items * Adjusted...

Lockheed Martin has received a contract for $341 million from the U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) for the production of the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile. Under the...

The Lockheed Martin -led F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter team has delivered its first aircraft -- Raptor 4012 -- to the U.S. Air Force's Air Warfare Center (AWFC) with the recent signing of...

The government of Poland today declared Lockheed Martin the winner in the fighter competition to supply the Polish Air Force with 48 advanced multirole aircraft. Poland selected Lockheed Martin's...

The first C-5 Galaxy modified under the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) made its first flight Saturday, Dec. 21, from Lockheed Martin's Marietta, Ga., facility several weeks ahead of the...

As Patuxent River Naval Air Station awaits the arrival of the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter later in the decade, a replica of the supersonic jet's forerunner has arrived at the historic base. (Photo:...

The latest version of Lockheed Martin F-16s to have Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) modifications have begun delivery on schedule. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a business...

Nine Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems employees secured patents in 2002 for inventions that will benefit the company's customers around the world. The inventors, who received a total of eight...

Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced today that the T-50 Golden Eagle advanced supersonic trainer reached its operational ceiling of 40,000 feet on Nov. 25. "We are very...

The U.S. Air Force has given the CC-130J, the extended fuselage version of the Lockheed Martin C-130J airlifter, high marks for austere field takeoff and landing operations. The recently completed...

Lockheed Martin Corp. , with the help of the U.S. Air Force, recently completed the development flight-testing of new conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) for its F-16 multirole fighter. CFTs are external,...

The Lockheed Martin -led F/A-22 Raptor industry team has delivered the air dominance fighter program's last Dedicated Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (DIOT&E) aircraft -- Raptor 4011 -- with...

The Lockheed Martin -led F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program team successfully launched an unarmed, short-range, heat-seeking AIM-9M missile against an aerial target on Nov. 22, completing...

The Lockheed Martin -led F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program surpassed another key flight-test goal on Nov. 13 by successfully completing initial flight- testing necessary for the U.S. Air...

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced today that the second T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer has successfully completed its initial flight. The 47-minute...

Lockheed Martin announced today that the Pratt & Whitney (P&W) F100-PW-229 engine has been selected to power the F-16 currently being offered by the U.S. Government to become Poland's new fighter...

The United States Government, supported by Lockheed Martin , submitted today its offer to the Polish Government of the Advanced Block 52 F-16C/D aircraft in Poland's tender for 48 new multirole...

The Lockheed Martin -led F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program completed another key flight test goal on Nov. 5, with the successful missile interception of an unmanned drone while both...

Lockheed Martin Corp. has begun a $13.6 million capital investment project to build unique fuel test and flight operations facilities at its Aeronautics plant here that will support the efficient...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has delivered the first of 60 advanced F-16s ordered by the Hellenic Republic. The aircraft was accepted by the U.S. government on Oct. 31, on schedule. Lockheed...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company and the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI, Italian Air Force) have successfully completed the first series of tests that will enable the C-130J to participate...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has completed a major milestone in the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) by installing the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) in all of the C-5...

Australian Minister for Defence Robert Hill today joined the Australian Ambassador to the United States Michael Thawley and the U.S. Ambassador to Australia Tom Schieffer on an orientation visit...

The first shipment of high-tech flight training equipment recently arrived at Italy's National Training Center (NTC) where future aircrew members and maintenance technicians of the Aeronautica...

The Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.-led F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program team has established a brand-new, state-of-the-art avionics hardware and software installation and testing...

The Air National Guard (ANG) recently began modifying its combat-coded Block 42 F-16C/Ds with the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 Increased Performance Engine. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a...

The U.S. Air Force's Ogden Air Logistics Center (ALC) at Ogden, Utah, and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. have teamed to further their common interests in effectively supporting military aircraft....

* Increases 2002 Free Cash Flow Guidance to at Least $1.5 Billion And Improves the Two-Year Guidance to at Least $2.2 Billion * Expects Sales of Approximately $26.0 Billion in 2002 and Reaffirms...

Lockheed Martin has officially delivered the first production F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter to the U.S. Air Force. The formal acceptance documents for the aircraft were signed at the...

Michael Gutierrez, a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. employee, has been named the "Most Promising Engineer" in the undergraduate degree category of the 2002 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, a business area of Lockheed Martin Corporation , today announced the launch of the Air Mobility Support (AMS) team, a new inter-company program designed to...

Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Air Force and the Italian Air Force have conducted joint tests as part of the U.S. Air Force's planned C-130J defensive systems upgrade program. The C-130J airlifter is...

As a scheduled part of the F/A-22 program's ongoing developmental efforts, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.'s facility here has successfully completed the modification and upgrade effort necessary...

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has honored eight Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. engineers for their contributions to the design of the stealthy, next-generation F-35 Joint...

Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine has awarded its 2002 Quality Center Award to the U.S. Air Force/industry F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program team for successfully executing all...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a business area of Lockheed Martin Corp. , demonstrated a new concept for expediting maintenance by reporting faults while the aircraft is still far from home...

Charla K. Wise, vice president of engineering at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., has been honored with the Women In Aerospace organization's 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. officials told reporters attending the 2002 Air Force Association National Convention here today that the company is focusing on a "systems of systems" architecture...

Kelly Aviation Center, L.P., a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers and GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE), has been selected by GEAE to perform F110 fighter engine...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is moving toward the successful completion of a decade-long capital investment project at its facility in Marietta, Ga., totaling approximately $250 million. This...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. officials told reporters attending the 2002 Air Force Association National Convention here today that the company's airlift products would empower the U.S. Air...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a business area of Lockheed Martin Corp. , was awarded a $7 million contract on Sept. 10 for Phase I of the U.S. Navy's Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)...

The T-50 Golden Eagle successfully completed its historic first flight at the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) facility at Sachon, South Korea, on Aug. 20. Lockheed Martin is a major participant...

Thailand's Korat Air Base received the first five of 16 refurbished Lockheed Martin F-16s on Aug. 17 as part of the country's ongoing efforts to modernize its air force. The delivery marks the...

Australian government and aerospace industry representatives spent Thursday at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant discussing potential opportunities for Australian companies to participate in the...

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a business area of Lockheed Martin Corporation , began durability testing on the T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer on July...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, a business area of Lockheed Martin Corporation , will propose a newly manufactured P-3C for the joint Germany and Italy Maritime Patrol Aircraft Replacement...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, a business area of Lockheed Martin Corporation , has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. to manufacture wings for the P-3...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. Vice President of Special Mission and Reconnaissance Aircraft Programs Ted Samples said today (July 25, 2002) that more than 450 P-3s are in active service with the...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has opened the first phase of a new state-of-the-art, $44 million coatings facility here that incorporates the latest robotics technology to improve coating, or...

Dr. William C. Kessler, vice president of Advanced Enterprise Initiatives at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., recently accepted a part-time visiting faculty position with the Edenfield...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, a business area of Lockheed Martin Corporation , announced today (July 24, 2002) that the C-130J worldwide fleet has now passed 50,000 flying hours. Ross...

Lockheed Martin's F-16 family is being reborn in the 21st century with robust new technologies, new production configurations and unmatched management experience to enhance its position as the...

Officials from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company highlighted today (July 24, 2002) at the Farnborough Air Show in England the progress of the T-50 advanced...

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team members today emphasized the importance of global participation in the program, as they introduced an historic lineup of international F-35 partners during a press...