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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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...
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Sep 4, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a $129.3 million contract to build a total of 13 new outer wing sets for the U.S. Navy's P-3 Orion fleet. The all new production outer wings will be delivered to the...
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Sep 4, 2008
A team led by Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide a broad range of site services for its Hanford site, located in Richland, Wash. With a total program...
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Sep 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin has entered a Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Agreement with Aegisound, LLC, of Blacksburg, Va., and will assist the company as it becomes a supplier of advanced...
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Sep 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast a live presentation by Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Stevens at the Morgan Stanley Global Industrials CEOs Unplugged Conference on...
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Sep 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the Intelligent Control and Autonomous Re-planning of Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) suite of technologies as part of an exercise conducted August 12-14....
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Sep 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin has developed Perseus, a first of its kind software tool that helps migrate legacy software designed for single processors onto multi-core processors while simultaneously improving...
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Sep 2, 2008Contract reinforces Corporation's growth in health arena
Lockheed Martin announced today that the corporation received a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth up to $32 million over 5-years to support the National...
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Sep 2, 2008Company is a Leading Developer and Producer of Innovative Laser Technologies
Lockheed Martin Corporation has completed its acquisition of Aculight Corporation. Based in Bothell, Wash., Aculight is focused on providing laser-based solutions for national defense and...
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Sep 2, 2008
Lockheed Martin 's new Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System came to life during the week of Aug. 25 -- on schedule and exactly as planned -- aboard the U.S. Navy's guided missile cruiser USS...
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Aug 28, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that the U.S. Air Force has certified readiness for dedicated operational utility evaluation and trial period operations of the first Space Based Infrared System...
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Aug 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin was presented a prestigious CIO 100 award for its Global Vision(TM) capability at a recent symposium and award ceremony hosted by CIO Magazine. Announced annually, the CIO 100...
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Aug 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a $61 million follow-on contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Unitary rockets. To date, more than 850 GMLRS rockets have been fired in the Global...
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Aug 27, 2008Contracts Add to Lockheed Martin's Growing Energy Portfolio
Lockheed Martin announced today that it was awarded two, multi-year contracts by AmerenUE to implement more than a dozen energy efficiency programs for the company's 1.2 million business and...
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Aug 26, 2008Two D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles Launched in Navy Test in the Pacific
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch yesterday of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin . The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the submerged...
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Aug 26, 2008
Lockheed Martin will produce a Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator and the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer (RVTT/CCTT-RVS) for the U.S. Army, providing...
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Aug 25, 2008Transaction Strengthens Lockheed Martin's Local Australian Presence
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Tenix Group's interest in RLM Holdings Pty Ltd, a radar, systems engineering and integration and logistics...
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Aug 25, 2008
Lockheed Martin , under HELLFIRE Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven HELLFIRE(R) II precision-strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles for U.S. and...
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Aug 25, 2008
Lockheed Martin's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Airspace Management System (UAMS) solved one of the more difficult challenges facing military services and their industry partners by successfully...
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Aug 22, 2008
Lockheed Martin's Human Alerting and Interruption Logistics-Surface Ship (HAIL-SS) system has successfully transitioned from laboratory to platform as an integrated component on the newly...
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Aug 21, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received an $80 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for additional Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Unitary missiles, a move that will bolster...
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Aug 21, 2008Electronics Upgrade Extends Service Life 15 to 20 Years
Lockheed Martin has completed upgrading the signal processing and data processing capability on the first two of five AN/FPS-117 long-range, air surveillance radars for the Romanian Air Force. The...
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Aug 20, 2008Company to Continue Supporting Official and Unofficial Message Traffic
Lockheed Martin has been selected to operate and maintain the message routing infrastructure for the Pentagon's command messaging systems in support of the Pentagon Telecommunications Center, an...
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Aug 18, 2008
With one F-35 Lightning II aircraft in structural testing, two in flight test, six in final assembly and another 14 in various stages of production, Lockheed Martin added to the program's momentum...
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Aug 18, 2008
The Lockheed Martin C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) flight test team has successfully completed developmental testing of all three C-5 RERP test aircraft. The testing...
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Aug 18, 2008
The Association for Persons in Supported Employment (APSE) selected Lockheed Martin for the association's 2008 Employer Hall of Fame at APSE's recent national conference. Each year, APSE...
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Aug 18, 2008
Lockheed Martin has developed Contrail, a context-aware computing framework that gives the intelligence community much needed support to capture, retrieve and share contextually relevant...
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Aug 13, 2008Purchase Bolsters Nanotechnology Pursuits
Lockheed Martin Corporation has acquired the government business unit of Nantero, Inc. ("Nantero"). Nantero is a privately-held, Massachusetts-based company that has developed methods and...
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Aug 13, 2008Company to improve ability to collect, analyze and disseminate actionable intelligence
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been selected by the Office of Naval Research to develop net-centric data distribution, fusion, and visualization technologies to expedite the decision-making...
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Aug 12, 2008
Lockheed Martin has developed the Suspicion Vessel Focuser (SVF) -- a novel software technology that allows naval watchstanders to monitor large numbers of ships and focuses their attention on...
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Aug 12, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that as of June 25 its team has launched a total of 12 target missiles, all successfully, since 2005 for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency under the Targets and...
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Aug 8, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corp. today announced the appointment of Marillyn A. Hewson as president of Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego, effective September 1, 2008. She succeeds Frank C. Meyer, who...
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Aug 7, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that its team has successfully completed testing of a key propulsion system component for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) payload....
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Aug 6, 2008Contract Provides Geospatial Training Across NGA and the Intelligence Community
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $32 million option on a contract to provide specialized geospatial training to analysts and officials...
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Aug 5, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today the successful on-orbit handover of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the U.S. Air Force in...
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Aug 4, 2008Transaction Strengthens Lockheed Martin's Local Australian Presence
Lockheed Martin announced today that a subsidiary has entered into a contract to acquire Tenix Group's interest in RLM Holdings Pty Ltd, a radar, systems engineering and integration and logistics...
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Aug 4, 2008
The U.S. Coast Guard today commissioned its first National Security Cutter, USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750), a 418-foot vessel built by Northrop Grumman and equipped by Lockheed Martin with...
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Aug 1, 2008
Bob Stevens, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corp. , was inducted today as a Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). Dr. Edward Stone,...
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Jul 31, 2008
The U.S. Department of Defense has released $1 billion of funding to acquire six Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft as part of the second Low Rate Initial...
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Jul 31, 2008
Lockheed Martin selected two employees from its Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) to receive a NOVA Award for full spectrum leadership and teamwork. The NOVA Award is the Corporation's...
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Jul 30, 2008
Lockheed Martin completed its initial deliveries of aircraft to the U.S. Navy's first operational MH-60R helicopter maritime strike squadron, the HSM-71 Raptors, ensuring the squadron is ready for...
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Jul 30, 2008One of 12 Companies Selected to Compete for Tasks
Lockheed Martin has received a prime contract under the U.S. Air Force's Future Flexible Acquisition & Sustainment Tool (F2AST). Lockheed Martin was one of twelve companies selected by the Air...
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Jul 29, 2008
Lockheed Martin completed production of two of the four SPY-1D(V) radar arrays for Australia's first Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080729/NETU009 )
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Jul 28, 2008Freedom (LCS 1) Begins Builder's Sea Trials
History was made today when the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), put to sea for the first time, marking the beginning of Builder's Sea Trials for the first-in-class coastal...
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Jul 28, 2008
Lockheed Martin, the Space Foundation and SpaceClass announced today the launch of a strategic online education collaboration called Orion's Path. The interactive virtual classroom project will...
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Jul 28, 2008Company is a Leading Developer and Producer of Innovative Laser Technologies
Lockheed Martin Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aculight Corporation based in Bothell, WA. Aculight is a privately held company primarily focused on providing...
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Jul 28, 2008
The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin an $80 million follow-on contract for the Gunship Multispectral Sensor System (GMS2), the electro-optical/infrared fire control system for the...
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Jul 24, 2008
The National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced it awarded Lockheed Martin a one-year contract extension of the Cargo Mission Contract (CMC) valued at $42 million. The...
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Jul 24, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corporation has delivered the Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16I Flight and System Trainer (FST) that will be used to support a variety of training requirements for the IAF F-16I...
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Jul 24, 20083rd AEHF Spacecraft Core Delivered Six Months Early
Lockheed Martin is progressing steadily on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications system, most recently delivering the core propulsion module for the third space...
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Jul 24, 2008
One of the world's most challenging navigable waterways became safer and more secure recently when the Turkish government deployed the final phase of the Lockheed Martin Vessel Traffic Management...