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 16, 2008
The VINASAT-1 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam, is ready for launch on April 18 aboard an Ariane...
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Apr 15, 2008
Lockheed Martin will webcast live its First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 11 a.m. EDT. Bruce Tanner, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, and...
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Apr 15, 2008
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a one-year, $15.5-million contract for continued program management and engineering services for the United Kingdom's Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic...
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Apr 15, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) of Japan to build its next geostationary telecommunications satellite. Designated BSAT-3b, the...
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Apr 14, 2008
Lockheed Martin successfully delivered a telecommunications satellite into orbit this afternoon aboard an Atlas V rocket manufactured by United Launch Alliance. Liftoff on the Atlas V 421...
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Apr 14, 2008
Lockheed Martin submitted its proposal for the Technology Development phase of the competition to build the next-generation Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps....
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Apr 11, 2008
Lockheed Martin today named Ronald T. Rand as the Corporation's Senior Vice President, Communications. Rand succeeds Dennis R. Boxx who retired earlier this month. Rand currently serves as Pratt &...
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Apr 10, 2008
Lockheed Martin is completing final preparations for Monday's launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. The launch window...
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Apr 9, 2008
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a Performance Based Logistics (PBL) follow-on contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and...
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Apr 9, 2008
Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC)'s radar that is the prototype for Lockheed Martin's Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar recently completed successful performance...
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Apr 8, 2008
A newly released report from the U.S. Department of Defense shows that estimated acquisition costs dropped by nearly $1 billion from 2006 to 2007 for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program....
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Apr 8, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received a contract from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) valued at approximately $250 million to manufacture components for eight additional F-2 production aircraft. MHI is...
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Apr 8, 2008
Lockheed Martin today announced the successful completion of a comprehensive review of improved flight software designed to provide highly reliable command and control of the Space Based Infrared...
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Apr 7, 2008Next Launch to Include Demonstration Payload for New Third Civil Signal
A combined U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has completed a rapid on-orbit deployment of the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite launched on March 15 from Cape...
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Apr 7, 2008
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $172 million follow-on production contract for Arrowhead(R), the combat-proven, modernized electro-optical system for AH-64 Apache attack helicopter...
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Apr 3, 2008Company to partner with the Air Force to automate and transform personnel services
A Lockheed Martin team was selected by the United States Air Force to serve as its strategic partner for personnel service delivery transformation. The contract calls for the development of a...
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Apr 3, 2008Satellite Includes Demonstration Payload for New Third Civil Signal
In a ceremony heralding the success of the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System Block IIR modernization effort (GPS IIR-M), Lockheed Martin today announced it has completed work on the last...
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Apr 3, 2008
The Office of Naval Research awarded Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) a $2.4-million, 18-month contract to develop and validate a framework to help small teams of naval...
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Apr 2, 2008Five-year IT operation and maintenance support contract worth up to $53 million
United States Department of the Treasury, United States Mint has awarded Lockheed Martin the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Information Technology Support Services contract. The...
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Apr 2, 2008
Lockheed Martin UK-led Team Athena has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) programme which will provide troops on the ground...
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Apr 2, 2008
The third VH-71 helicopter built for the Presidential Helicopter Program, Test Vehicle 3 (TV-3), has arrived in the U.S. and will be the first VH-71 to receive final assembly and mission systems...
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Mar 28, 2008System Capabilities to Provide Networked Communications for On-The-Move Tactical Platforms for Joint Forces, Aircraft, Maritime and Fixed-Sites
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been selected by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office to provide the tactical communications and networking solutions...
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Mar 26, 2008First satellite on schedule for on-orbit hand over in 2010
Lockheed Martin has achieved a key milestone in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) with the successful completion of static loads testing of the first satellite in the...
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Mar 21, 2008
Lockheed Martin today delivered another C-130J Super Hercules to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The aircraft is assigned to the 41st Airlift Squadron, which is currently scheduled to receive 16...
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Mar 21, 2008
Lockheed Martin has been awarded the Next Generation Technical Services contract by the Department of Defense. Valued at an anticipated $344 million, the contract calls for operation and...
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Mar 20, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has received a $23.9 million contract modification from Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide hardware components for the next phase of full-rate...
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Mar 20, 2008
A critical design review by the U.S. Marine Corps earlier this month confirmed that the Embedded Platform Logistics System is on track for delivery this summer -- just nine months after contract...
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Mar 19, 2008
Lockheed Martin announced today that the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft is progressing through a series of key tests that will demonstrate the...
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Mar 18, 2008
The U.S. Navy's version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is scheduled to make its first flight next year, but technicians have spent the last decade perfecting the aircraft's stealth...
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Mar 17, 2008Freedom (LCS 1) Successfully Completes Operational Test of Vessel's Electrical System
The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), has successfully completed another testing milestone with the "light off" and test of the new warship's electric plant. The first ship in...
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Mar 15, 2008
A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin , was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a...
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Mar 14, 2008Program on track for first production deliveries in 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II successfully completed the first stage of its airborne refueling tests during the aircraft's 34th flight Wednesday. Aerial refueling capability will expand...
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Mar 13, 2008
Lockheed Martin opened its new P-3 Orion wing production line today, marking production kickoff at its Marietta, Ga., facilities with a brief ceremony attended by Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF)...
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Mar 13, 2008Program on track for first production deliveries in 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II successfully completed the first stage of its airborne refueling tests during the aircraft's 34th flight yesterday. Aerial refueling capability will expand...
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Mar 13, 2008
A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite built by Lockheed Martin is ready for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on March 15 from Cape Canaveral Air...
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Mar 13, 2008
Lockheed Martin has delivered a sixth C-130J Super Hercules to the 41st Airlift Squadron, a unit of the 463rd Airlift Group, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The 41st, also known as the "Black...
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Mar 13, 2008
Lockheed Martin named Henry Mendenhall and Carl Hein a Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow and Fellow, respectively. The distinctions honor technologists who demonstrate technical excellence, support...
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Mar 13, 2008
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2-million contract to develop control software for semi-autonomous, mobile, robotic communications routers called...
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Mar 12, 2008
Lockheed Martin selected 10 employees from its Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) to receive that unit's highest award for superior performance in management, technology leadership,...
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Mar 12, 2008
The AMC-14 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES AMERICOM, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), is ready for launch on March 15...
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Mar 11, 2008Laser Radar System Detects Low-Level Wind Shear, Improves Flight Safety in Tokyo
Lockheed Martin announced the Japan Meteorological Agency has purchased a second WindTracer(R) lidar system, which will operate at the Narita International Airport in Tokyo. Developed and produced...
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Mar 11, 2008
Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation and the Romania Ministry of Defense (MoD) have signed a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79(R) Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Romania's...
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Mar 10, 2008Proposal Continues Five Decades of Partnership with NASA & NOAA
Lockheed Martin today submitted its proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design and build the spacecraft for the Geostationary Operational Environmental...
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Mar 10, 2008
Lockheed Martin has signed a five-year, 24.5 million pounds Sterling partnering contract with the Ministry of Defence to operate and maintain the Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT). A team...
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Mar 6, 2008
Lockheed Martin has received an $8.6 million Science and Technology contract from the U.S. Army Research and Development Command (RDECOM) Missiles and Aviation Research and Development Center...
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Mar 5, 2008
Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, a supplier of laser-based remote-sensing systems, was recently certified to the AS9100 standard by British Standards Institution (BSI) Management Systems....
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Mar 5, 2008
A team headed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) has received a $5.7 million contract from DARPA to compete in Phase 1 development of their System F6 space technology and...
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Mar 5, 2008
Last Friday, Lockheed Martin delivered the first missionized HC-130J long-range surveillance maritime patrol aircraft to the U.S. Coast Guard. The aircraft's new mission equipment and sensor...
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Feb 29, 2008New call center opens at Bolling Air Force Base
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force today officially announced the opening of a new Air Force National Capital Region (AFNCR) Call Center at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. This morning's...
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Feb 29, 2008
Lockheed Martin and Karem Aircraft Incorporated have signed a teaming agreement to jointly develop Karem Aircraft's Optimum Speed Tilt-Rotor (OSTR) design. The OSTR concept is one of three...