The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter came alive with electrical power today, as technicians at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth initiated "power-on" -- the incremental process of testing the...

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Orincon was awarded a $30 million contract by the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) support to the Program...

Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Robert J. Stevens, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Christopher E. Kubasik, Executive Vice President and Chief...

Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated and flown the Joint Common Missile instrumented measurement vehicles (IMVs) on the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter, validating the...

Training systems for military aircraft pilots entered a new era on August 30, 2005, when Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) rolled out the first production version of the T-50 Golden Eagle advanced...

Lockheed Martin announced it has established the Lockheed Martin Hurricane Katrina Employee Assistance Fund and has made an initial $1 million contribution. The contribution is based on the...

Joseph Petrone has been named vice president of human resources for Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Electronic Systems Business Area. He succeeds Kenneth J. Disken, who previously was named senior vice...

Lockheed Martin has established two channels of communication to assist employees affected by Hurricane Katrina. The toll-free Lockheed Martin Hurricane Katrina Employee Assistance Hotline is...

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $998,000 contract to study concepts that will assist the Navy in developing approaches to integrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)...

The Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor team marked another milestone today toward operational fielding of the F/A-22 when the U.S. Air Force officially began Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) at...

The U.S. Navy Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) has acquired Lockheed Martin's Human Alerting and Interruption Logistics- Surface Ship (HAIL-SS) system. It plans to...

Hundreds of aircraft and automobiles have survived wind speeds of up to 200 miles per hour and emerged not only unscathed but actually safer and better for the experience. Those wind speeds were...

Lockheed Martin has been recognized as the Corporation of the Year by the Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Southwest, an organization of Asian American-owned businesses based in North Texas....

Lockheed Martin has developed a new way to adapt its advanced strike weapons to existing aircraft interfaces, saving time and money and, most importantly, getting important weapons into the hands...

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has selected Lockheed Martin as the prime contractor for the cornerstone program initiating a comprehensive upgrade of MTA's electronic...

Lockheed Martin announced that the U.S. government has approved the thermobaric HELLFIRE (AGM-114N) missile for an accelerated full-rate production run. A government-industry team conducted a...

An automated identification system for fingerprints developed by Lockheed Martin Corporation has enabled the Federal Bureau of Investigation to process more than 100 million print searches over...

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) today launched a Software Technology Initiative (STI) that will develop solutions to quickly integrate large-scale, distributed systems of...

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently accepted the initial release of a highly integrated electronic security system from its systems integrator Lockheed Martin . The program's acceptance...

Lockheed Martin demonstrated a key technology milestone for the integration of a boosted penetrator warhead with a long-range cruise missile that can be used against hard and deeply buried...

Lockheed Martin U.K. Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire INSYS Group Limited, a U.K.-based...

Lockheed Martin selected Sergio Gigli from its Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) to receive a NOVA Award in the leadership category. The NOVA Award is the Corporation's highest recognition...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin are heading to Mars again -- this time armed with the most powerful suite of science...

Lockheed Martin has received a $55 million Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket contract from the United Kingdom. This contract represents the first international sale of GMLRS. The...

Defence Minister Robert Hill today announced that Gibbs & Cox will join Lockheed Martin on the Royal Australian Navy's Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program as the ship designer. Lockheed Martin was...

Lockheed Martin has achieved another major step in the development of the nation's next-generation missile warning system with the successful delivery of the spacecraft core structure with an...

Lockheed Martin and MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) have joined forces to compete for the U.S. Army's Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program. The team will offer the MD Explorer(R) twin-engine...

OWEGO, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2005 -- Lockheed Martin and MD Helicopters Inc., will hold a telephone press conference at 2:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Aug. 9, to answer questions about their teaming agreement...

Lockheed Martin and Eurocopter have completed a successful live firing of the HELLFIRE II missile from Australia's Eurocopter Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH), verifying the weapon's...

When undergraduate engineering and science students rank their top five "ideal employers," Lockheed Martin is most often their No. 1 pick, according to the 2005 Universum Undergraduate Survey. The...

Lockheed Martin officially opened a two-day conference today in an effort to train their supplier base, which includes many small businesses. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control and the...

Lockheed Martin has announced that James B. Comey, 44, will succeed Frank H. Menaker, Jr., 65, as the corporation's Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective October 1, 2005. Menaker,...

James M. Loy has been elected to the Lockheed Martin Board of Directors, effective Aug. 5, 2005. Loy is a distinguished Coast Guard veteran and has served for 45 years in positions of public...

Lockheed Martin held ceremonies at its Fort Worth, Tex., facility today to celebrate the delivery of the first F-16 aircraft to the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). Air Vice Marshal Yahya Al-Juma,...

The Lockheed Martin Corporation Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Corporation's common stock of 25 cents per share. The dividend is payable Sept. 30, 2005 to...

MEADS International (MI) has expanded its Orlando technical management organization to lead development of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). MEADS is a mobile air defense system...

The Beam Control Fire Control system developed by Lockheed Martin for the Airborne Laser (ABL) program, which is managed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, has completed initial flight testing....

The Longbow Limited Liability Company (LBL), a Joint Venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation , has been awarded a contract worth $17.6 million to begin work on the Fire Control...

Lockheed Martin interns will begin working with Habitat for Humanity to build three houses in downtown Orlando on Friday, July 29. Approximately 35 Lockheed Martin employees and interns will help...

The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md.,...

Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported second quarter 2005 net earnings of $461 million ($1.02 per diluted share) compared to $296 million ($0.66 per diluted share) in 2004. The second quarter...

Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live its second quarter 2005 financial results conference call on Tuesday, July 26 beginning at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Chris Kubasik, Executive Vice President &...

Lockheed Martin received a long-lead contract, valued at approximately $67.7 million, from the U.S. Air Force to begin development of a major systems upgrade of Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft....

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) awarded a $13.3 million contract to Longbow Limited (LBL) for Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) of the Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR). LBL,...

Lockheed Martin received a contract valued at $79 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for the purchase of 106 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block 1A Quick Reaction...

Lockheed Martin completed the installation of ten systems that provide real-time air-to-ground transmission of sensor videos and other data on Navy P-3C aircraft -- a capability that will support...

Lockheed Martin has received a five-year contract valued at $120 million from BAE Systems for further development and test of the Long-Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) for the Advanced Gun...

Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been awarded a $124 million, three- year contract for Japanese Foreign Military Sales Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System engineering...

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $49.8 million award from the U.S. Navy to integrate anti- submarine and surface warfare subsystems on board six new MH-60R multimission helicopters. The...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $152 million contract to lead the development, integration and maintenance of Army Knowledge Online (AKO), the U.S. Army's primary internal web portal. With more...

Lockheed Martin has delivered to the U.S. Navy the first Update II.5 P-3C aircraft modified under the Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Program (AIP). Under contracts received in 2004 and 2005,...

The U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office has awarded a team of Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems a $9.2 million contract to demonstrate and validate solid rocket motor...

Integrated Coast Guard Systems, LLC (ICGS) today has re-issued a Broad Industry Announcement seeking suppliers who may have new technologies and product capabilities to supply the Integrated...

Lockheed Martin flew the first F-16 produced for the Chilean Air Force on its initial production acceptance flight. Two flights were successfully accomplished here on June 23, with no...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a 2-year, $24.7 million contract to continue development of a web-enabled mission execution system that will allow Joint battle commanders to work...

Lockheed Martin recently completed the core combat management system software development for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, roughly a year before the ship is scheduled to be launched....

A Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman team announced today the successful completion of a major system design review of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment...

Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] Joint Common Missile program successfully completed its system- level Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on June 30. The PDR culminates the design review process under...

Lockheed Martin employees from both the Fort Worth-based Aeronautics and Dallas-based Missiles and Fire Control business units will be greeting troops on Monday, July 4, as they return home from...

Lockheed Martin has opened a new Information Technology facility in Baltimore County, Md., to support its federal IT contract work in the Baltimore area. The new offices at 7152 Windsor Blvd., in...

Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with Zebra Technologies Corporation to jointly market products relating to the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) unique identification (UID) initiative....

Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with Cognex Corporation to jointly promote each others' products to help Department of Defense (DoD) contractors meet new government requirements for unique...

Lockheed Martin has successfully performed the first test flight of the Joint Common Missile (JCM) Controlled Test Vehicle (CTV-1) at China Lake, CA, marking the first time the JCM has flown using...

Lockheed Martin today opened a new facility for the precision alignment of high- technology radar, such as the Volume Surveillance Radar under development for the U.S. Navy's DD(X) next-generation...

Lockheed Martin has announced that Kenneth J. Disken will assume the role of Senior Vice President of Human Resources, effective immediately. Additionally, the Corporation's Board of Directors...

Lockheed Martin successfully completed the first in a series of tests verifying the ability of the Joint Common Missile (JCM) to destroy urban structures. The test, performed recently at Redstone...

Air traffic controllers in New York today are using the Federal Aviation Administration's new system to manage oceanic air traffic. Designed and integrated by Lockheed Martin , the Advanced...

Lockheed Martin has received a $61 million plus-up to the Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE) System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract as a result of the recent Future...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3.7 million contract to develop the Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator (RVS) for the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army Program...

The tri-mode seeker and guidance software that represent the "eyes and brains" of the Lockheed Martin Joint Common Missile (JCM) reached a significant milestone in passing sub-system Preliminary...

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) and Lockheed Martin will jointly study and evaluate the advanced jet training needs of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) and the...

Representatives of the nine nations partnering on the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter program took part in a unique ceremony at the Paris Air Show -- assembling a scale model of the...

The U.S. Army today introduced its first unit equipped with the Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), helping the service meet its goal of fielding a lighter, more mobile...

Lockheed Martin Corporation and The University of Texas System have signed an agreement that officially teams the two in the Department of Energy's (DOE) competition to manage the Los Alamos...

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has selected Lockheed Martin to provide a variety of aircraft maintenance and modification services for the P-3 Orion under the Sustainment Modification...

The Lockheed Martin Raptor industry team has reached a new level of program maturity with reliable production, solid performance and expanding capabilities, according to Orville Prins, vice...

The T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer program is rapidly transitioning from the Full Scale Development (FSD) phase into the production phase, according to international marketing directors...

The two versions of the F-16 being delivered to customers now are the most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft types currently available on the international market and are building on the F-16's...

Lockheed Martin is developing unprecedented technologies for the next generation of unmanned systems. "We began our unmanned system work in 1964 with the Mach 4+ D-21. Since that time we have...

Lockheed Martin today joined with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the Paris Air Show to give details of the outstanding combat performance of the C-130J. The C-130Js, which have been operating...

A transition is under way at Lockheed Martin F-35 sites around the world, as the heart of the program migrates from engineering development to aircraft production. All four major subassemblies of...

Fifth generation fighters -- namely the F/A-22 and F-35 -- will have a profound impact on how military forces conduct missions and fight wars, predicts Ralph D. Heath, executive vice president of...

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-17 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been...

Lockheed Martin received a $36.4 million contract to deliver and install two additional P-3C Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Program (AIP) kits and install three previously-ordered kits for the...

MEADS International (MI) will host a media opportunity at 3 p.m. EDT (15.00) on Tuesday, June 14, at the Paris Air Show, in Paris, France. Jim Cravens, president of MEADS International, along with...

Lockheed Martin successfully completed additional flight tests of its Dual Mode Guided Bomb (DMGB) at the U.S. Navy's China Lake test range recently. The weapons were released from Navy aircraft...

Lockheed Martin has signed a distribution agreement with Wireless Facilities, Inc. (WFI), authorizing WFI to distribute Lockheed Martin's I-GUIDES(TM) Compliancy software. I-GUIDES(TM) is a...

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a major system design review on the Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Station (AMF) component of the military's Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS) program....

Lockheed Martin has been awarded $22.8 million in contracts by the Marine Corps Systems Command to upgrade and provide field support for tactical missile defense radar systems used to protect...

Lockheed Martin's new West Coast Atlas V facility passed its first major operational event with a successful propellant loading test June 2. During this final test of the "pathfinder" phase of...

NASA has announced the second mission in its New Frontiers Program: a mission -- called Juno to fly to Jupiter -- that now will proceed to a preliminary design phase. At the end of the preliminary...

Today the keel was laid for FREEDOM (LCS 1), marking a significant milestone in production of the U.S. Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS is a new class of surface combatant, designed to...

During its Paris Air Show press briefings, Lockheed Martin will highlight the importance of international partnerships in winning and executing global programs for global defense and civil...

The aft fuselage -- the last major subassembly of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- has arrived at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth and is being readied for attachment to the aircraft's center...

MEADS International (MI) formally signed a definitized contract to design and develop the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The contract value is approximately $2 billion...

Defence Minister Robert Hill today announced that ASC Shipbuilder Pty Ltd will join the Royal Australian Navy's Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program as the in-country shipbuilder. Lockheed Martin ,...

Lockheed Martin received a contract valued at approximately $40 million from the Air Material Command (AMC) of the Royal Danish Air Force for two long-range AN/TPS-77 transportable radar systems...

Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Stevens, at the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC 21st Annual Strategic Decisions...

Lockheed Martin's Transportation and Security Solutions (TSS) unit achieved the Software Engineering Institute's top rating using the Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration (CMMI(R)), ranking...

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first 72 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rockets to the U.S. Army, satisfying a request for an immediate capability as part of an Urgent Need...