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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Jan 3, 2008
Lockheed Martin and Saab Systems announced today that Saab's 9LV Combat Management System is operational in Lockheed Martin Canada's Combat System Integration Lab in Montreal. The 9LV provides a...
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Dec 20, 2007
A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin , was launched successfully today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
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Dec 20, 2007Purchase Strengthens Autonomous Technology Capabilities
Lockheed Martin Corporation has acquired PercepTek, Inc., a Colorado-based provider of advanced autonomous software technologies. Terms of the transaction, which will not have a material impact on...
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Dec 20, 2007
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at $849 million for fiscal year 2008 production and deployed system support for the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program....
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Dec 20, 2007
Lockheed Martin was recently issued a decision from the Korean Intellectual Property Office confirming the company's claim that the term "paveway" is a generic term for a laser guided bomb. Korea...
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Dec 20, 2007
IndustryWeek has selected two separate Lockheed Martin facilities in Orlando and Ocala, FL, as award winners in its 2007 Best Plants competition. This is the first time in the program's 18-year...
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Dec 20, 2007
Lockheed Martin announced today that its navigation payload provider, ITT Corporation, has delivered a new demonstration payload for a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M)...
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Dec 19, 2007
The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been awarded a $96.7 million contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to provide the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will fly...
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Dec 19, 2007Discovery Program mission will map lunar gravity fields
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) newest mission will analyze the internal structure and gravitational forces of the Earth's moon. The Gravity Recovery And Interior...
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Dec 18, 2007
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, the first fighter to combine stealth with short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) capability and supersonic speed, made its debut today amid customers from...
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Dec 18, 2007
The U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems have tested new propulsion technologies for strategic missiles at Naval Air Weapons Center China Lake, Calif. A static test fire was...
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Dec 18, 2007Partnership with Facial Recognition Expert Supports Open, Innovative Solutions
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] further advanced its capabilities and offerings in biometrics solutions through a cooperation agreement with Cognitec Systems, a leader in facial recognition...
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Dec 18, 2007
Lockheed Martin received a contract valued at $44 million from the Latvian National Armed Forces for two long-range AN/TPS-77 transportable air surveillance radar systems, as well as options for...
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Dec 18, 2007
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force made history yesterday when, for the first time, a Japan Aegis guided missile destroyer equipped with Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense...
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Dec 17, 2007
The fifth in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force is ready for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on...
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Dec 17, 2007
The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), a suite of four telescopes for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), has been delivered to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in preparation for...
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Dec 17, 2007
Lockheed Martin recently sponsored a team of six Camden-area fifth and sixth graders in the Arkansas Regional First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Tournament held in Mountain Home, AR. (Photo:...
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Dec 14, 2007
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been...
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Dec 12, 2007
The U.S. Air Force declared Full Operational Capability (FOC) for Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor today, marking another historic occasion for the world's only 5th generation fighter in production....
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Dec 12, 2007
Lockheed Martin announced today the opening of its new space Exploration Development Laboratory in a ceremony dedicating the facility to support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's...
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Dec 10, 2007Lockheed Martin F-35 Marks 20th Flight, 'CATBird' Takes Final Steps Toward Airborne Avionics Testing
On its 20th flight, the first F-35 Lightning II successfully tested engine performance and aircraft handling qualities at up to 20,000 feet as pilots and crew prepare for air refueling in the...
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Dec 10, 2007
The U.S. Navy has given its final approval for Lockheed Martin to proceed with the integration and shipboard installation of the world's first, fully-open architecture Aegis weapon system for a...
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Dec 7, 2007Lockheed Martin F-35 Marks 20th Flight, 'CATBird' Takes Final Steps Toward Airborne Avionics Testing
On its 20th flight, the first F-35 Lightning II successfully tested engine performance and aircraft handling qualities at up to 20,000 feet as pilots and crew prepare for air refueling in the...
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Dec 7, 2007
HOUSTON, Dec. 7 -- Lockheed Martin will host a ceremony Dec. 12 at 9:00 a.m. CST to dedicate the opening of a new space Exploration Development Laboratory (EDL) in Houston, TX to support the...
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Dec 6, 2007
In a paper published today in the journal Science, researchers -- from the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC), along with colleagues...
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Dec 4, 2007
Lockheed Martin received a $51.3 million U.S. Army contract to supply an additional 430 M299 helicopter-mounted missile launchers and 376 launcher electronic assemblies for U.S. and international...
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Dec 3, 2007
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated a new Extreme Short Range (ESR) mode for its family of SPY-1 naval radars -- a radar family most noted for its unmatched performance detecting and...
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Nov 29, 2007D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile Launched in Navy Test in the Pacific
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch today of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin . The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged...
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Nov 28, 2007
Lockheed Martin and VIKING Life-Saving Equipment Norge AS announced today that they are teaming to provide a safer, more efficient and cost-effective, off-shore crew transfer system capable of...
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Nov 28, 2007Desert Hawk Surveillance Capabilities Currently Supporting British Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan
The United Kingdom's Defence Equipment & Support Organization in the Ministry of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin a $4.8 million contract to procure additional Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft...
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Nov 21, 2007
Lockheed Martin Corporation will webcast live a presentation by Bruce Tanner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Dan Crowley, Executive Vice President and General Manager...
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Nov 20, 2007
Lockheed Martin has achieved another major milestone in the development of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications system with the successful delivery of the core...
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Nov 19, 2007
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $11 million System Development and Demonstration (SD&D) contract by the U.S. Navy to develop and integrate a new Expendable Mine Neutralization System (EMNS) for...
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Nov 18, 2007
The SIRIUS 4 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES SIRIUS, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), was successfully launched today...
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Nov 18, 2007
Employee Volunteers to Prepare Thousands of Meals for Local Community Thanksgiving is not only a time to be thankful, but also a time to serve others. That is why for the 37th consecutive year,...
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Nov 15, 2007
Four Lockheed Martin programs were honored for management excellence by Aviation Week magazine at a luncheon held in Phoenix, AZ on October 30. -- The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)...
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Nov 15, 2007
Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support achieved a Maturity Level 4 rating during its recent Capability Maturity Model Integration (R) (CMMI(R)) appraisal under the newest, most rigorous...
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Nov 15, 2007
The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), an instrument for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), has been delivered to NASA's Goddard Spacecraft Center for integration on SDO, which is...
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Nov 14, 2007
Lockheed Martin has brought online a Systems Integration Lab (SIL) in the Navy's Presidential Helicopter Support Facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, in preparation for the arrival of...
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Nov 14, 2007
The SIRIUS 4 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES SIRIUS, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), is ready for launch on Nov. 18...
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Nov 12, 2007
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.3 million foreign military sales contract to continue concept and preliminary design work on the proposed Israeli Navy's Littoral Combat Ship...
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Nov 9, 2007
Lockheed Martin and Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC (SEG) announced that they are teaming to pursue utility-scale solar generation projects in North America. Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin...
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Nov 7, 2007
Lockheed Martin has received an Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) from the U.S. government valued at $304 million for the purchase of four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters, plus initial spares...
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Nov 7, 2007
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a P-3 delivery milestone for the U.S. Navy, performing an industry-first modification and scheduled maintenance effort on one of the Navy's P-3C...
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Nov 7, 2007
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) a $729,000, 30-month contract to automate intelligence preparation for the battlespace. Called...
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Nov 7, 2007Two Missile Intercepts Mark Ballistic Missile Defense First For United States
During an unprecedented test today, Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully intercepted and destroyed two non-separating, short range ballistic missile...
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Nov 5, 2007
Lockheed Martin has received a $45.9 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force to continue its support of the C-130 Aircrew Training System (ATS), including several modifications to the...
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Nov 5, 2007Contracts strengthen Corporation's focus on providing energy solutions
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has received two contracts to support energy efficiency programs. Under a 5-year, $18 million contract with Energy Trust of Oregon and $9 million contract...
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Nov 5, 2007Team Prepares Next Satellite for Late-December Launch
The modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 17, has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation users...
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Nov 4, 2007Lockheed Martin Provided Autonomy Technology to Driverless Automobile
The Ben Franklin Racing Team and its entrant "Little Ben" and five other remaining autonomous automobiles finished the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) first Urban Challenge in...