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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Mar 18, 2009
Lockheed Martin's latest Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System with flight test-proven terminal intercept capability recently received full certification from the U.S. Navy. This newest...
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Mar 17, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced it has located its Altair program office in Houston, Texas, in its bid to provide support for the next-generation human lunar lander system for the National Aeronautics...
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Mar 17, 2009
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) selected 10 employees to receive its highest award for superior performance in management, technology leadership, inventiveness, and support....
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Mar 12, 2009
In a changing operational landscape, there is an increased need for contractor partnerships to enhance military aircraft readiness, a Lockheed Martin official said today during a briefing at the...
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Mar 11, 2009
Lockheed Martin has received a six-year contract from the U.S. Navy to provide performance-based logistics support for the AN/UYQ-70 (Q-70) Advanced Display System. The contract provides Q-70...
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Mar 9, 2009
The Lockheed Martin team developing the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, is progressing on-schedule, achieving key milestones in the Preliminary Design...
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Mar 6, 2009
Lockheed Martin today released its media briefing schedule for the Australian International Air Show 2009. All Lockheed Martin briefings will take place at the Air Show Conference Facilities at...
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Mar 5, 2009Corporation continues to support Internal Revenue Service modernization mission to better serve the taxpayer through integrated technology
Lockheed Martin announced today that it was awarded a three-year, $39-million Integrated Customer Communications Environment task order from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to maintain, operate...
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Mar 4, 2009Award Recognizes Leadership in Technology and Innovation in Global Biometrics
Lockheed Martin has been named the Biometrics Systems Integrator "Company of the Year" by Frost and Sullivan, recognizing the Corporation's leadership in developing innovative biometrics solutions...
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Mar 4, 2009
Lockheed Martin awarded two employees the 2009 Chairman's Award, presented annually by Chairman, President and CEO Robert J. Stevens to employees who best exemplify the corporation's commitment to...
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Mar 3, 2009Contract to Provide Full-Scope Logistics Support to Special Ops Troops Worldwide
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a 10-year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract potentially worth $5 billion to provide full-scope logistics support to...
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Mar 3, 2009
Lockheed Martin hosted the 2009 P-3 Orion Suppliers Conference Feb. 25-26 in Marietta, Ga. Representatives from the broad P-3 supplier base attended the two-day event, focusing on P-3 Orion...
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Feb 27, 2009
Lockheed Martin today delivered the third fully modernized C-5M Super Galaxy to the U.S. Air Force. Following a small send-off at the company's Marietta facility, the C-5M flew to Dover AFB, Del....
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Feb 26, 2009
In a single calendar year, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II program will complete all remaining System Development and Demonstration aircraft, deliver the first production-model F-35s to the...
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Feb 26, 2009
Lockheed Martin has partnered with Penn State University to develop innovative solutions for the energy sector. As part of the corporation's commitment to tackling critical national energy...
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Feb 26, 2009
Lockheed Martin debuted an advanced robotic exoskeleton designed to augment Soldiers' strength and endurance and prevent their premature fatigue. The Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC(TM))...
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Feb 26, 2009
Lockheed Martin successfully fired a U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile in a recent stockpile verification test at Fort Bliss, TX. The missile was fired from a High Mobility...
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Feb 26, 2009
Lockheed Martin recently received two contracts totaling $324 million for the C-5M Super Galaxy program. The first contract is for the Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program (RERP). The...
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Feb 26, 2009
The first Lockheed Martin production VH-71 Presidential Helicopter has completed initial ground vibration testing on schedule at the end of January at the Navy's Presidential Helicopter Support...
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Feb 25, 2009
Lockheed Martin's second short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II accomplished its first flight on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The aircraft, known as BF-2, joins a conventional takeoff...
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Feb 25, 2009
Lockheed Martin has been selected by the United Arab Emirates to provide 12 C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft to modernize the country's tactical airlift fleet. The announcement was made at...
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Feb 25, 2009
Lockheed Martin has been selected by the United Arab Emirates to provide 12 C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft to modernize the country's tactical airlift fleet. The announcement was made by...
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Feb 25, 2009
Lockheed Martin today unveiled its fourth operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototype, a second variant of its Infantry Carrier Category B model, at the Association of the United...
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Feb 23, 2009
Lockheed Martin will highlight the company's major programs at the 2009 Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium, Feb. 26-27, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Fla. Presentations...
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Feb 23, 2009
Lockheed Martin engineers and scientists received 30 prestigious awards at the 23rd annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) held in Baltimore, Md., on February 21. Lockheed Martin is a...
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Feb 20, 2009
To commemorate National Engineers Week, Lockheed Martin engineers used ping pong balls and robots to challenge middle school students to embrace the sciences and mathematics and eventual careers...
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Feb 18, 2009
More than 15 small, advanced technology businesses had the opportunity to share their innovative technologies directly with the U.S. Department of Defense today at Lockheed Martin's Old Town...
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Feb 17, 2009
The Italian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Lockheed Martin has met the industrial benefit requirement associated with Italy's acquisition of 22 C-130J aircraft five years ahead of...
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Feb 17, 2009
A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced today that the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III constellation has surpassed 200 years of on-orbit operations, the longest total...
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Feb 17, 2009
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to upgrade the MK 92 Fire Control System on Turkey's G-class guided missile frigates. The system upgrade will support the introduction of...
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Feb 12, 2009
The first U.S. Air Force Milstar communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team, has achieved 15 years of on-orbit operations. Five years beyond its original design life, the satellite...
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Feb 11, 2009
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $78.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce the next evolution of hardware that will be incorporated into the Aegis Modernization and Aegis Ballistic Missile...
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Feb 10, 2009
The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment Team a $75-million, six- month extension to its Risk...
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Feb 10, 2009
Lockheed Martin UK has announced that Stephen R. Ball will replace Chief Executive Ian Stopps who is retiring, as planned, from the company. Effective immediately, Ball will hold the position of...
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Feb 9, 2009
Lockheed Martin today delivered the second of three fully modernized developmental test C-5M aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Following a brief ceremony at the company's Marietta facility, Gen....
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Feb 9, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced today that the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale,...
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Feb 6, 2009
BETHESDA, Md., February 6, 2009 -- Lockheed Martin today released its media briefing schedule for AERO INDIA 2009. All Lockheed Martin briefings will take place at the Aero India Media Center...
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Feb 6, 2009
The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, the final Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), was launched successfully this morning at 2:22 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Lockheed Martin
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Feb 4, 2009
Lockheed Martin has received a $31.3 million contract modification to provide additional M299 Launchers and related equipment to the U.S. Army. The M299 is used aboard a variety of platforms to...
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Feb 2, 2009
Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $603 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and the High Mobility Artillery...
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Feb 2, 2009
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $35.8 million contract by the U.S. Navy to design and produce antenna buoy systems that will significantly expand the communications capabilities of submarines...
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Jan 30, 2009Middle School Students Launch Model Rockets
More than 80 students from Pescadero Middle School launched model rockets today as part of a new school-wide Rocketry Education Program. The program, designed to build enthusiasm for science,...
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Jan 30, 2009
The U.S. Navy retired the last Lockheed Martin S-3 Viking from fleet service in ceremonies here this morning, closing out the aircraft's distinguished 35-year Naval career. Development of the S-3...
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Jan 30, 2009
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) achieved Maturity Level 3 on the Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration for Development. The CMMI model measures business process maturity...
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Jan 29, 2009
The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed a major test utilizing new...
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Jan 29, 2009
Lockheed Martin is tapping into the creativity and imagination of Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center to accelerate the introduction of innovative technologies into new...
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Jan 26, 2009
After a two-year, top to bottom renovation, the High Bay Facility of the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building at NASA'S Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is now ready to begin preparations to build the...
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Jan 26, 2009
Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) announced they have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in the development of a utility-scale wave power generation project in North...
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Jan 26, 2009
Lockheed Martin's DisOPS situational awareness system helped the United States Park Police quickly share more accurate information and rapidly coordinate maneuvers during the presidential...
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Jan 23, 2009
Lockheed Martin has completed the first F-35 Lightning II equipped with mission systems, a milestone that will lead to the first avionics testing on board an F-35 aircraft. The short...
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Jan 22, 2009
A Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman team has achieved a key design milestone for a high-performance technology solution that will dramatically increase data transfer speeds in the U.S. Air Force's...
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Jan 22, 2009
The Lockheed Martin Corporation Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Corporation's common stock of 57 cents per-share. The dividend is payable March 27, 2009 to...
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Jan 22, 2009- Fourth quarter earnings per share up 8% to $2.05; Full year earnings per share up 11% to $7.86
Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported fourth quarter 2008 net earnings of $823 million ($2.05 per diluted share), compared to $799 million ($1.89 per diluted share) in 2007. Net sales were...
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Jan 21, 2009
The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), is being prepared for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket on...
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Jan 15, 2009
Lockheed Martin will webcast live its Fourth Quarter and Year-end Earnings Conference Call on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Bob Stevens, Chairman, President and Chief Executive...
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Jan 15, 2009
Lockheed Martin recently received a $6.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide engineering support services for MK 41 Vertical Launching...
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Jan 13, 2009
The VH-71 presidential helicopter program set another milestone with the maiden flight of the third pilot production helicopter today. This is the seventh presidential helicopter built for the...
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Jan 13, 2009Stardust-NExT on Its Way to Explore Comet Tempel 1
On Jan. 14, NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft will fly by Earth during a gravity assist maneuver that will increase its velocity and sling shot the spacecraft into an orbit to meet up with comet...
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Jan 13, 2009
Lockheed Martin announced today that the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite has entered a major test phase with the latest version of flight software...
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Jan 9, 2009
The first Lockheed Martin pilot production VH-71 presidential helicopter to begin the integration and final production process arrived at the company's Owego, NY, facility today. Six of nine...
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Jan 9, 2009Purchase Strengthens Company's Training and Mission Readiness Offerings
Lockheed Martin Corporation has completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). UNITECH provides interactive training and simulation, homeland security, and technical...
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Jan 9, 2009
Lockheed Martin has been awarded an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide non-guard security support services to the Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC). The...
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Jan 8, 2009Corporation One of 12 Industry Leaders Chosen for BOSS-U
The U.S. Department of Defense Biometrics Task Force (BTF) has named Lockheed Martin an industry leader capable of being awarded task orders under the Biometrics Operations and Support Services -...
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Jan 8, 2009
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was awarded a $15 million firm-fixed-price contract as part of the U.S. Navy's Modernization Program for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The contract -- for...
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Jan 7, 2009
Lockheed Martin-developed missile defense system elements led global ballistic missile defense efforts in 2008 with five successful target intercepts, including two international intercepts, and...
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Jan 5, 2009
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Coast Guard exercised contract options valued at $13.25 million to install mission systems aboard two additional HC-130J aircraft. Once delivered, these aircraft will...
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Dec 24, 2008Purchase To Strengthen Company's Training and Mission Readiness Offerings
Lockheed Martin Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). UNITECH provides interactive training and simulation, homeland...
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Dec 23, 2008Lockheed Martin Receives Contracts Totaling $774 Million for the Combat-Proven PAC-3 Missile ProgramFirst Sale Of PAC-3 Missiles To The United Arab Emirates
Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $774 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven Patriot Advanced...
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Dec 23, 2008
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first weight-optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter on Dec. 19. The new F-35A, called AF-1, joins three...
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Dec 22, 2008
Lockheed Martin has invested more than $40 million since 2001 in capital improvements to increase energy efficiency and lower emissions from its business operations. As a result, Lockheed Martin...
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Dec 22, 2008
The Lockheed Martin -led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has achieved major milestones on the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft with the...
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Dec 22, 2008
Lockheed Martin's 94th Aegis System entered active service today under the flag of the fifth nation to join the worldwide Aegis fleet - the Republic of Korea (ROK). DDG 991, Sejong the Great, the...
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Dec 19, 2008
Lockheed Martin's second F-35 Lightning II ground-test aircraft rolled out on Wednesday at the company's Fort Worth plant, where it will be fully instrumented before being shipped to the United...
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Dec 18, 2008
Patrick M. Dewar has been named Lockheed Martin Vice President, Corporate International Business Development, with responsibility for new business capture and strategy outside the United States,...
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Dec 18, 2008
Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space of Italy announced today they are forming a strategic partnership to jointly develop and deliver a new family of space-based remote sensing systems for...
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Dec 18, 2008
Lockheed Martin named Merchantville resident Gregory W. Barnett a Lockheed Martin Fellow. The distinction honors technologists that have demonstrated technical excellence, supported achievement of...
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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...