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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Dec 17, 2008
Lockheed Martin received a $147.5 million contract to provide the U.S. Coast Guard three HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft and five Mission System Pallets (MSPs). Once delivered, the new aircraft will...
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Dec 17, 2008Integrated net-centric solution to protect U.S. space assets
Lockheed Martin has been selected to develop capabilities in support of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Situation Awareness mission. The contract is valued at $20...
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Dec 15, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) of Japan to build their next geostationary...
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Dec 15, 2008Operational System Yielding Superb Surveillance Capabilities for the Nation
The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin team, has been certified for operations by U.S. Strategic...
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Dec 11, 2008DSCS Constellation Nears Historical Milestone
The U.S. Air Force's Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B10 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin , has achieved 15 years of on-orbit operations, far exceeding its original 10 year...
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Dec 10, 2008
Lockheed Martin has developed and is fielding a game-changing distributed technology that significantly improves situational awareness for dismounted Warfighters. Called DisOPS, the tool suite...
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Dec 9, 2008
Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor was recognized as the winner of the Contractor-Military Collaboration Of The Year award for F-22 Sustainment at an awards ceremony Dec. 3 at the Defense Logistics...
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Dec 9, 2008
Lockheed Martin has delivered faster mission rehearsal preparation to the U.S. Navy as a result of a recent upgrade to its TOPSCENE(R) mission rehearsal system. The improvement has significantly...
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Dec 9, 2008
Lockheed Martin today delivered the first fully modernized C-5M Super Galaxy to the U.S. Air Force at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga. The aircraft is the first of three...
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Dec 9, 2008
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have received a Top 5 Department of Defense Program Award for their collaborative effort to integrate the Link 16 tactical data link system into the Navy's new...
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Dec 9, 2008
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., have successfully demonstrated an autonomous landing of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, marking the first time...
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Dec 8, 2008
Lockheed Martin's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed, or "CATBird," has begun in-flight integration and verification of the F-35 Lightning II mission systems suite, launching another stage of risk...
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Dec 4, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that its team successfully conducted a free-flight hover test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L. Conducted Dec. 2 at the National Hover...
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Dec 4, 2008
The VH-71 presidential helicopter replacement program marked another milestone last Saturday with the maiden flight of the second VH-71 production aircraft. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at...
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Dec 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $16.9 million contract to begin modernization of the final portion of the U.S. Army's Apache helicopter Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight (M-TADS)...
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Dec 2, 2008
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced today it has selected Lockheed Martin for award of a contract to build the next-generation Geostationary Operational...
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Dec 2, 2008
The first production VH-71 presidential replacement helicopter has arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River by U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane from helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland. The...
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Dec 2, 2008
Lockheed Martin broke ground today for a solar power testbed to support its entry into the utility-scale renewable power generation market. The Solar System Test and Engineering Site (SolSTES)...
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Dec 1, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) team has successfully fired the High Energy Laser through the Lockheed Martin-developed Beam...
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Dec 1, 2008
Lockheed Martin has teamed with ITT Corporation, of Morgan Hill, CA, to compete for the U.S. Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 2 Upgrade (SEWIP BLK 2). This program will...
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Nov 26, 2008
Lockheed Martin is one of two companies awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific) to provide installation and engineering...
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Nov 26, 2008
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has attained full function capability in all the systems integration laboratories that support the VH-71 presidential helicopter program, after completing the Master...
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Nov 25, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Navy for a firm fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS)...
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Nov 21, 2008
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has formally recommended to his country's Parliament that Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II be selected to fulfill Norway's future air-combat capability...
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Nov 19, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a $156 million contract to provide the P-3 Aircraft Service Life Extension Program (ASLEP) for the Canadian Forces' CP-140 aircraft fleet. Under this contract, 10...
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Nov 17, 2008F-35 Lightning II Fighter and TMOS Programs Recognized for Program Excellence
Two Lockheed Martin Corporation programs, the F-35 Lightning II Fighter and TSAT Mission Operations System (TMOS), were recently awarded 2008 AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence Awards. The awards...
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Nov 14, 2008Achieves Another Significant Milestone
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flew supersonic for the first time yesterday, achieving another milestone. The aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05, or about 680 miles per hour. (Photo:...
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Nov 13, 2008Lockheed Martin Opens Electronics Facility in Georgia For the Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile Program
U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs and Lockheed Martin today formally opened an electronics facility for the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Part of...
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Nov 13, 2008
The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin team, has been accepted for operations by the U.S Air Force....
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Nov 13, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Bruce Tanner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Ralph Heath, Executive Vice President Aeronautics Company at...
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Nov 12, 2008
Lockheed Martin delivered the first of four C-130Js to the Royal Norwegian Air Force at a ceremony today with U.S. and Norwegian officials at the company's Marietta, Ga, facility. "As the first...
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Nov 10, 2008
NASA has announced that a team led by Lockheed Martin was selected to perform the Facilities Development and Operations Contract (FDOC) at the Johnson Space Center. The contract is scheduled to...
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Nov 8, 2008
The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship -- USS Freedom (LCS 1) -- was commissioned by the U.S. Navy in Milwaukee, WI today, officially placing the Lockheed Martin -designed and constructed vessel...
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Nov 6, 2008Constellation Projected to Provide Critical Weather Data for Years to Come
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Flight 16 (F16) Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin , has surpassed five years of on-orbit operations and continues to provide...
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Nov 5, 2008Corporation to Help CFTC Realize Efficiencies in Litigation Preparedness and at Trial
Lockheed Martin announced that the corporation received a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to continue providing litigation support services to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
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Nov 4, 2008
Robert F. Weiss has been named executive vice president of Global Sustainment at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., where he is responsible for ensuring lifetime support and logistical services for...
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Nov 3, 2008Doppler Lidar System Improves Wind Hazard Detection at Las Vegas International Airport
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has purchased a WindTracer(R) lidar system from Lockheed Martin , which is being tested at the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. The system...
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Nov 3, 2008
The Lockheed Martin team developing the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed on-schedule an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR)...
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Nov 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a $147 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional Sniper(R) Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs). The Sniper ATP provides critical long-range, positive...
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Oct 31, 2008Corporation to Provide Financial IT Support to Enhance Student Aid Process Efficiency
Lockheed Martin announced that it was among five companies selected by the U.S. Department of Education to provide development services for the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA). The FSA...
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Oct 29, 2008
The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps today selected Lockheed Martin as one of three companies to continue development on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program. Lockheed Martin Systems...
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Oct 29, 2008
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract for the development phase of the Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) technology demonstration program. Under...
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Oct 29, 2008
Lockheed Martin and GEM elettronica, of Italy, have reached an agreement that will license GEM elettronica to market and produce Lockheed Martin's Next Generation Workstation (NGW) for customers...
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Oct 28, 2008Companies to Develop Next-Generation Technologies for 3-D Imagery and Visualization
Lockheed Martin and Pictometry International Corp., a leading provider of digital high-resolution aerial imagery for mapping and geographic analysis, have signed a collaboration agreement to...
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Oct 28, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to provide Information Technology support across its Defense Media Activity (DMA) organization. The contract has a...
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Oct 28, 2008Partnership to advance power technology for mobile and embedded electronic devices
Lockheed Martin and Infinite Power Solutions (IPS) announced the signing of a cooperative agreement to apply unique Micro Energy Cell products from IPS to systems and solutions that Lockheed...
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Oct 28, 2008
Representatives of 35 nations that fly variants of C-130 aircraft meet this week in Atlanta for the 20th annual Hercules Operators Conference (HOC) hosted by Lockheed Martin . The four day...
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Oct 28, 2008
Lockheed Martin has completed installation of an air defense and communications network modernization project for the Romanian Air Force. The project, completed by Lockheed Martin and several...
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Oct 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed acoustic testing of the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. The U.S. Air Force's SBIRS...
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Oct 24, 2008Dahlberg Named Successor
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that Brian D. Dailey, 57, Senior Vice President, Washington Operations, plans to retire on April 1, 2009. Gregory R. Dahlberg, 57, currently vice...
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Oct 23, 2008
The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter has finished all planned testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., demonstrating that the aircraft, the support crews, and contractor and...
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Oct 23, 2008
Lockheed Martin UK has received a prestigious Supplier Performance Award from NATS. This is the second year in a row that the UK air navigation service provider has honored Lockheed Martin as its...
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Oct 22, 2008
Lockheed Martin has delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. The U.S. Air Force's...
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Oct 21, 2008* Third quarter earnings per share up 7% to $1.92; Year-to-date earnings per share up 12% to $5.82
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported third quarter 2008 net earnings of $782 million ($1.92 per diluted share), compared to $766 million ($1.80 per diluted share) in 2007. Net sales were...
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Oct 17, 2008Retired Lt. General Charles E. Croom Jr. to Lead Cyber Security Strategy; Former Senior Executive Service Official Lee Holcomb to Lead Center
Lockheed Martin today announced the establishment of its new Center for Cyber Security Innovation (CCSI). The center of excellence represents an evolution for the company and its cyber security...
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Oct 16, 2008
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the backshell for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The backshell is half of the large and sophisticated...
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Oct 16, 2008
Airmen of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), supported by Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army Lower Tier Project Office, successfully conducted the second international PAC-3 Missile flight test...
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Oct 16, 2008Controllers in Chicago, Denver, St. Louis and Minneapolis-St. Paul Now Using New Systems
Controllers serving four major U.S. airports are now using terminal air traffic control systems modernized by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon . As part of the Federal Aviation Administration's...
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Oct 16, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been selected as Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year for 2008. The selection means that Lockheed Martin will be JSC's candidate for the...
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Oct 15, 2008In the news release, Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Achieves 75,000 Flight Hours With Italian Air Force, issued earlier today by Lockheed Martin over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the second paragraph, first sentence, should read "in August 2000" rather than "in August 2008" as originally issued inadvertently.
The Italian Air Force has achieved 75,000 flight hours with its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, amassing an impressive record that includes the first combat...
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Oct 15, 2008
The Italian Air Force has achieved 75,000 flight hours with its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, amassing an impressive record that includes the first combat...
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Oct 14, 2008
Lockheed Martin will webcast live its Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, at 11 a.m. EDT. Bruce Tanner, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and...
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Oct 13, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today the successful delivery of the core structure with an integrated propulsion subsystem for the first satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)...
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Oct 10, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that beginning in October registration for private intelligence analysis training courses will be significantly expanded. Intelligence analysis training is now...
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Oct 8, 2008
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission -- the first designed to globally image the extreme edge of our solar system -- is ready for launch on a Pegasus rocket from Kwajalein Atoll in...
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Oct 8, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a cooperative agreement contract with a maximum value of $1.2 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate innovative technologies to enable ocean...
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Oct 7, 2008
The State of Qatar has signed a $393.6 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters plus training and spares with deliveries to begin in 2011....
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Oct 7, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30 million contract to lead the U.S. Army's modernization of the M299(TM) launcher family. The modernization program calls for a multi-platform missile launcher...
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Oct 6, 2008Employees, Retirees, Stockholders Eligible for Discounts, Free U.S. Shipping
For the eleventh consecutive year, Lockheed Martin is a leading sponsor of "The Year In Space" Desk Calendar, a 144-page full-color weekly calendar for 2009 featuring images and information from...
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Oct 3, 2008
The Lockheed Martin F-35A successfully flew from Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 1 to begin expanded flight testing and initiate test activities at Edwards. Flying...
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Oct 2, 2008
The Lockheed Martin Coast Guard Systems team participated in the successful power up of the first set of electronic cabinets and consoles of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers,...
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Oct 1, 2008
The U.S. Department of Defense has recognized Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor as an exemplary program in Performance Based Logistics (PBL), an innovative support approach that provides higher...
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Sep 30, 2008
The conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II notched its 50th flight last week in preparation for testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., while the F-35B short...
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Sep 30, 2008
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor surpassed more than 50,000 total flight hours in August while establishing new standards in capability and maturity. "The F-22 continues to demonstrate the field...
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Sep 30, 2008
Lockheed Martin's first two operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes have successfully exceeded 25,000 combined miles of testing, more than half of which have been conducted...
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Sep 29, 2008Contract Option in Addition to Five EQ-36 Radars Now in Production
To accelerate the fielding of the new Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition radar, the U.S. Army has exercised $152 million in contract options for 12 additional systems from Lockheed...
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Sep 25, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of up to an additional 30 million shares of Lockheed Martin common stock under its existing...
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Sep 25, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a dividend increase of 36 percent or $0.15 per-share. Following the increase, the company's quarterly...
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Sep 24, 2008
The IKONOS commercial remote sensing satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin , today achieved its ninth year of on-orbit service and continues to provide high-resolution imagery of the...
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Sep 24, 2008Test at White Sands follows USS Bunker Hill's successful light-off Of Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System
In a successful test of its advanced fire control system, Lockheed Martin's Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System performed a successful missile firing from the U.S. Navy's "USS Desert Ship" at...
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Sep 24, 2008
Lockheed Martin has developed a novel network simulation technology that helps plan wireless communications for on-the-move (OTM) warfighters and their networks. This network simulation technology...
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Sep 23, 2008DTRA awards initial task orders worth $62 million
Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for a single award indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract to provide IT modernization services. Three...
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Sep 23, 2008
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was awarded an $8.9 million contract by the U.S. Navy to produce and support Low Cost Conformal Arrays (LCCAs) for use aboard submarines. Work will be performed at...
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Sep 22, 2008$33 Million Award Could Grow To $122 Million With Exercised Options
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has awarded Lockheed Martin the Infrastructure Support Services (ISS) contract. Awarded under the U.S. General Services Administration Millennia...
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Sep 19, 2008
U.S. Air Force analyses show the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is at least 400 percent more effective in air-to-air combat capability than the best fighters currently available in the...
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Sep 18, 2008Freedom (LCS 1) Brings Vital Capabilities to Navy and Warfighter
The Lockheed Martin - led industry team delivered the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), to the U.S. Navy today. The delivery milestone marks the Navy's preliminary acceptance...
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Sep 18, 2008Mars Scout mission will study atmospheric processes
Lockheed Martin has been selected by NASA to design, build and operate the spacecraft for NASA's Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) program. NASA's newest mission will analyze the upper...
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Sep 18, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $122 million technology development contract for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The next-generation missile will be carried on U.S. Armed Forces...
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Sep 18, 2008
Lockheed Martin and Airmen of the Japanese Self Defense Force successfully supported the first international PAC-3 Missile flight test yesterday at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The test was an...
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Sep 18, 2008
Kirk had Spock. The Lone Ranger had Tonto. And Holmes had Watson. Now you have SMART, the software sidekick that always has your back. Developed by Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories...
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Sep 17, 2008Corporation to Provide Clinical Services Across the U.S.
Lockheed Martin announced today that the corporation received a 5-year, single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth up to $56.7 million to support Federal...
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Sep 17, 2008TSA, Lockheed Martin Encourage Port Community to Enroll
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program is now completely deployed to all 149 U.S. port locations, a major milestone for this key homeland security initiative. Lockheed...
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Sep 17, 2008
The Lockheed Martin C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) reached another milestone this week with the induction of the first U.S. Air Force C-5A into the program. "The combination of hardware...
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Sep 17, 2008
A Lockheed Martin executive said today that air mobility assets will continue to be the cornerstone of America's ability to respond to crises around the world and that the company's two primary...
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Sep 17, 2008Lockheed Martin Team Successfully Demonstrates High Performance Radiator Technology for TSAT Program
A Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman team has successfully tested a high performance deployable radiator system to meet the stringent mission requirements of the Transformational Satellite...
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Sep 15, 2008Upgrade Provides Higher Reliability of Space Communications
Lockheed Martin today announced the successful delivery of a space communications system that will bring more accurate and timely decision-making information to U.S. Air Force Space Commanders....
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Sep 12, 2008
A Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter executive said today that the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is living up to the originally conceived ideal of a tri-service combat aircraft that...
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Sep 12, 2008Contract Creates Opportunities for Small Businesses, Wounded Veterans
Lockheed Martin won a competitive contract to support land-based vehicle sustainment for all of the U.S. military's land-based vehicles over 10 years. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded Lockheed...
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Sep 10, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas, September 10, 2008 -- Lockheed Martin will highlight the company's major programs at the 2008 Air Force Association National Symposium, Sept. 15-17, at the Marriott Wardman Park...
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Sep 5, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, cost-plus fixed fee contract by the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC-SD) for C4ISR...