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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Apr 10, 2013
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - LifePort, Inc. today announced it has contracted with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Special Operations to equip its fleet of Sikorsky HH-60G PAVE HAWK™ helicopters with the...
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Apr 10, 2013
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil - Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) announced today at the LAAD Defence & Security International Exhibition that the Colombian Army has...
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Apr 10, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed a Delta Preliminary Design Review (dPDR) for the next Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite vehicles planned under the U.S. Air...
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Apr 9, 2013
RIO de JANERIO, Brazil - Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced the opening of a new UH-60 BLACK HAWK Helicopter Flight Simulator Training Center at the Colombian Air Force Base in...
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Apr 9, 2013
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), today announced that it has signed a Letter of Interest (LOI) with the Brazilian Instituto...
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Apr 9, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has integrated two of the most important components onto its fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for the U.S. Navy. Recently engineers mated the...
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Apr 9, 2013Cyber Security Research Alliance Initiates Next Step to Define Key Research Topics with Government, Academia, and Industry to Address Cyber Security Vulnerabilities
Leading industry, government, and academic cyber security experts convened at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for a workshop to establish a research agenda to address...
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Apr 8, 2013
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company [NYSE: LMT] announced that Jeff Babione has been selected to serve as vice president and deputy program manager of the F-35 Lightning II program. Bridget...
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Apr 8, 2013
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce recognized Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Missiles and Fire Control with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at the Quest for Excellence Conference in...
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Apr 4, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the first C-130J Super Hercules to the Republic of Tunisia today, marking the first delivery to an African country. Lockheed Martin signed a contract in 2010 with
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Apr 3, 2013Sikorsky Aerospace Services Announces Exclusive Partnership Agreement with Epsilon Systems Solutions
SHELTON, Connecticut - Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced today the signing of a five-year agreement for exclusive distribution of Epsilon Systems’ Compact Aircraft Support Cart...
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Apr 3, 2013
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - Derco Aerospace, Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) company, announced today it has signed a distribution agreement with Copernicus Technology Ltd (CTL) for exclusive...
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Apr 3, 2013
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Aegis Combat System recently completed a live fire test, using the system's newest capability build, Baseline 9. During the at-sea test scenario, Aegis successfully...
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Apr 3, 2013
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Havoc 8x8, an eight-wheel-drive Armored Modular Vehicle, successfully completed amphibious testing as part of its evaluation for the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC)...
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Apr 3, 2013
The U.S. Army selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to design an advanced simulation-based training system that will ensure Army, joint and coalition leaders are prepared to act decisively in the...
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Apr 1, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently completed a series of successful demonstrations of its Gyrocam 15-inch Dual Sensor and 15-inch Triple Sensor in a realistic military maritime environment. The...
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Apr 1, 2013
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $57 million contract to upgrade the fleet's electronic warfare defenses against anti-ship missile threats. Under this low-rate production...
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Mar 28, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Space Systems Company today announced an initiative aimed at expanding its collaboration with Silicon Valley companies to meet the diverse technology needs of the...
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Mar 28, 2013
Thirty years ago today the premier launch of the Advanced TIROS-N satellite series carried a very special hosted payload aboard – the first Search and Rescue (SAR) payload on a U.S. satellite....
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Mar 27, 2013
LANGKAWI, Malaysia - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that it has entered into agreements to sell two S-76D™ helicopters to PT Travira Air, a Jakarta, Indonesia-based charter airline...
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Mar 25, 2013
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program successfully conducted the first Guided Test Flight to characterize the seeker, guidance, navigation and...
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Mar 21, 2013
WHEN: Friday, March 22, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. CDT WHERE: Jackson Convention Center, 105 East Pascagoula Street, Jackson, MS 39201 WHAT: A free, day-long information technology (IT) event open to...
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Mar 21, 2013
Stratford, Connecticut - The Colombian Army has formally inducted five new Sikorsky S-70i multi-mission helicopters into its fleet of BLACK HAWK aircraft. Colombia is the first South American...
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Mar 19, 2013
The U.S. Air Force's second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), was successfully launched today at 5:21 p.m....
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Mar 19, 2013
Four Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft were officially welcomed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. during a...
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Mar 19, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] and NGA.NET U.S. Public Sector have partnered on a cloud-hosted recruiting and hiring system for federal agencies. Known as StaffAcq360™, the information technology...
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Mar 18, 2013Larry Lawson to Retire
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) announced that its board of directors has approved the appointment of Orlando Carvalho, 54, to executive vice president of the Aeronautics business area,...
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Mar 18, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a patent for Perforene™ material, a molecular filtration solution designed to meet the growing global demand for potable water. The Perforene...
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Mar 18, 2013
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) are ready to launch the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft on Tuesday, March 19 aboard a...
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Mar 18, 2013
As part of the Wyle-led team, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been selected by NASA's Johnson Space Center to provide biomedical, medical and health services in support of all human spaceflight...
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Mar 12, 2013Building on 37-year History Manufacturing Space Shuttle External Tanks
Applying technologies originally developed for high technology government programs to our national energy and economic priorities, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is leveraging its expertise in the...
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Mar 12, 2013Team Prepares U.S. Air Force's SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite for March Launch
The second Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing March 4 in preparation for...
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Mar 11, 2013
Students from kindergarten through 12th grade will have the opportunity to play a unique role in the future of human spaceflight through participation in NASA's Exploration Design Challenge....
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Mar 11, 2013
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) SkyLine™ system now supports air traffic management throughout the Republic of Kazakhstan. SkyLine enables Kazakhstan to manage its airspace on a single hardware...
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Mar 11, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $253 million contract agreement to begin work on F-15SA pilot and maintenance training systems for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The technologies will provide a...
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Mar 8, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered a P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This is the seventh CBP P-3 the team has delivered...
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Mar 7, 2013Development of Eight New Simulators for Commercial and Military Platforms
HELI-EXPO, Las Vegas, Nevada - Sikorsky Aircraft and FlightSafety International have jointly announced the development of eight Level-D full flight simulators for Sikorsky’s S-92®, S-76® and...
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Mar 7, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Microsoft have successfully migrated the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Microsoft Office 365, a cloud-based collaboration and communication service. This...
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Mar 6, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada - Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., announced today the launch of its third Entrepreneurial Challenge; a competition to...
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Mar 6, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada - Serving customers around the world in missions as diverse as the countries flying it, the S-92® global helicopter fleet has surpassed 500,000 flight hours. Sikorsky Aircraft...
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Mar 6, 2013
HELI-EXPO, Las Vegas, Nevada - Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced today the signing of a 10-year Total Assurance Program (TAP) agreement with Bristow Group Inc. for continued support of...
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Mar 6, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the signing of a contract with ASESA (Aeroservicios Especializados, S.A. de C.V.), a Mexican helicopter service provider, for the...
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Mar 6, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada - Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) has signed a contract to purchase two S-76D™ helicopters for its Angel One® intensive care medical transport unit, Sikorsky Aircraft...
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Mar 5, 2013
Stratford, Connecticut - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today recognized its customer, National Helicopter Services Limited of Trinidad & Tobago, for its longtime operation of S-76® helicopters over a...
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Mar 5, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that they have entered into agreements to sell 23 S-92® helicopters and seven S-76D™ helicopters to Milestone Aviation Group, a...
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Mar 5, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada - China’s Ministry of Transport’s (MOT) Rescue and Salvage Bureau has signed a contract for the supply of four Sikorsky S-76D™ search and rescue helicopters, with an option...
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Mar 5, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that they have entered into an agreement to sell up to 26 S-76D™ helicopters to Bristow Group, to perform the offshore oil transport...
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Mar 5, 2013
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a 5-year, $100 million contract to provide combat system engineering services – including the design, development, integration, test and...
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Mar 5, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $71 million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) modification contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct air- and...
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Mar 5, 2013
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $284.4 million fixed-price contract to procure long lead parts for the fifth and sixth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites in...
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Mar 5, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $71 million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) modification contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct air- and surface-launched flight tests and other...
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Feb 28, 2013
WASHINGTON, Maryland - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. [NYSE: UTX], and Boeing [NYSE: BA] will submit a joint proposal to build a demonstrator aircraft based on...
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Feb 28, 2013Lockheed Martin Receives 2013 Climate Leadership Award From The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) the Climate Leadership Award for its exemplary commitment and dedication to responding to climate change....
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Feb 28, 2013
Suppliers are critical to success at Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], yet they are often the first impacted in a challenging economy. In order to strengthen the company's interaction with these small...
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Feb 28, 2013
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has turned on power to the system module of the program's first...
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Feb 28, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to become a Commercial Services Provider in the Enhanced...
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Feb 26, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will webcast live a presentation by Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Defense Conference...
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Feb 25, 2013
STRATFORD, Connecticut - Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., has selected EvoLux Transportation, LLC as the winner of its second...
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Feb 25, 2013
Lockheed Martin has completed the 400th Common Cockpit™ avionics suite for the U.S. Navy's MH-60 Seahawk helicopter program. The digital cockpit will be installed aboard the first of 24 MH-60R...
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Feb 25, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced its media briefing schedule for the 2013 Avalon International Airshow and Aerospace & Defense Exposition in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. At the show,...
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Feb 25, 2013GPS III Program Transitions from Cost-Plus to Fixed-Price Contract Structure
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] two fixed-price contracts totaling $120 million to procure long lead parts for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth next generation...
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Feb 25, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] employees volunteered more than 7,500 hours supporting a variety of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities with more than 31,000 students during...
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Feb 21, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] donated $10,000 to The Maryland Center at Bowie State University to advance participation and performance of students in science, technology, engineering, arts and...
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Feb 21, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently demonstrated the ability of its DAGR missile to launch from a ground vehicle during a series of flight tests at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Photo:...
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Feb 20, 2013Industry Leaders in Mobile Security Set to Demo New Capabilities at RSA Conference
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Fixmo, Inc. have integrated technologies to provide a new level of secure authentication for consumer grade mobile devices with unparalleled ease of use by joining...
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Feb 19, 2013
Shelton, Connecticut - Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced plans to equip Sikorsky’s modernized S-61T™ helicopter with a suite of advanced avionics provided by S-TEC...
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Feb 19, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the science of nanotechnology, with special focus...
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Feb 19, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) completed a successful demonstration at Camp Grayling, Mich., recently in which its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS™) was being controlled via satellite from more...
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Feb 15, 2013
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa, February 15, 2013 – On Wednesday, Feb. 20, approximately 200 Lockheed Martin employees and retirees will participate in a special Stuffing Party in the Lockheed Martin...
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Feb 14, 2013
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Joint Air-to-Surface StandoffMissile (JASSM®) recently completed Reliability Assessment Program (RAP) Lot 6 testing with two final flights. The tests met success...
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Feb 13, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received two production contracts totaling $161.7 million from the U.S. Army to continue upgrades of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night...
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Feb 13, 2013
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its first intercept using tracking information from the space tracking and surveillance system...
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Feb 12, 2013
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has applied hundreds of thousands of research measurements made by Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] WindTracer® Doppler lidar to redefine flight rules,...
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Feb 12, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) engineers and scientists received 53 prestigious honors at the 27th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics...
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Feb 12, 2013Cross Domain Experts Provide Certified Information Assurance Support & Services
Continuing efforts to offer customers more access to its cyber security solutions, several cross domain solution products developed by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have been added to the U.S....
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Feb 11, 2013Helping to Meet the Growing Need in Alabama to Place Veterans in Meaningful Careers
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is awarding a $10,000 grant to Still Serving Veterans (SSV) to aid in transitioning veterans to meaningful careers. Lockheed Martin, a member of the Huntsville...
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Feb 11, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today announced its media briefing schedule for IDEX 2013. At the show, Lockheed Martin will highlight its role as a trusted partner for countries in the Middle East...
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Feb 8, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed the assembly of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. The orbiter is now undergoing environmental testing at the company's...
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Feb 7, 2013
COATESVILLE, Pennsylvania - Sikorsky Global Helicopters (SGH) today announced delivery of the first of 16 completed S-92® helicopters that the Avincis Group will use to provide transportation for...
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Feb 7, 2013
A Sim-Industries, uma empresa da Lockheed Martin, abriu seu primeiro centro de treinamento de voo sul-americano no Brasil. O Centro de Treinamento Sim-Industries Brasil São Paulo oferece...
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Feb 7, 2013
Sim-Industries, una compañía Lockheed Martin, ha abierto en Brasil su primer centro sudamericano de capacitación para vuelos. El Sim-Industries Brasil Sao Paulo Training Center (Centro de...
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Feb 7, 2013
Sim-Industries, a Lockheed Martin company, has opened its first South American flight training facility in Brazil. The Sim-Industries Brasil Sao Paulo Training Center provides academic and...
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Feb 6, 2013
The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Position System III satellites has completed a key flight software milestone validating the software's...
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Feb 6, 2013
The Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the ability of the Javelin missile to engage targets beyond its current maximum range...
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Feb 5, 2013Annual Award Recognizes Innovation and Leadership in Government IT
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced that Angela Heise, a vice president with Information Systems & Global Solutions, is a 2013 Federal 100 (FED 100) Award winner. Fed 100, sponsored by...
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Jan 30, 2013
SHELTON, Connecticut - Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced plans to structurally repair sevendamaged UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters for the Colombian Army (COLAR) at its base depot in...
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Jan 30, 2013
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $197 million contract option from the U.S. Army for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket production. This contract option was attached...
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Jan 24, 2013
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) announced that its board of directors has authorized a first quarter 2013 dividend of $1.15 per share. The dividend is payable on March 29, 2013 to holders...
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Jan 24, 2013Joanne Maguire and Linda Gooden to Retire
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) announced that its board of directors has approved the appointment of Rick F. Ambrose, 54, to executive vice president (EVP) of its Space Systems business,...
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Jan 24, 2013- Net sales of $12.1 billion for fourth quarter 2012 and $47.2 billion for 2012
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) today reported fourth quarter 2012 net sales of $12.1 billion compared to $12.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011. Net earnings from continuing...
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Jan 23, 2013
A NASA sounding rocket flight in 2012 captured five minutes of the highest-resolution images ever taken of the Sun's million-degree outer atmosphere, the corona. The new images have provided...
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Jan 17, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will webcast live its fourth quarter 2012 and year-end earnings results conference call on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EST. Marillyn Hewson, chief executive...
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Jan 17, 2013
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) family of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles successfully completed a top-to-bottom government design review in late December, well ahead of the first Engineering and...
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Jan 17, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $90.6 million Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the U.S. Army for sustainment of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot...
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Jan 16, 2013MUOS-2 to be Placed in Storage Prior to 2013 Launch
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has successfully completed required system testing on the second satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), designated MUOS-2. The satellite has...
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Jan 16, 2013
The U.S. Air Force approved full-rate production for Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) under the ATP-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) program. Building on the...
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Jan 15, 2013
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have delivered the second Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) spacecraft to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
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Jan 15, 2013Sustaining System That Delivers Global Positioning Data Worldwide
Continuing a legacy of more than 30 years supporting the Global Positioning System, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract to sustain the ground control segment for the GPS...
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Jan 10, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a contract totaling $755 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven PATRIOT Advanced...
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Jan 10, 2013New system creates environmentally sustainable method of commercial aquaculture.
You've heard the old saying — there are plenty of fish in the sea — however, this may not always be the case. The inability of wild fisheries to supply the burgeoning demand for healthful and...