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Lockheed Martin Corporation
6801 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda
MD
20817
USA
[t] (301) 897-6000
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Aerospace, Defence etc. |
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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 on Saturday 16th August 08 by finishing assembly of the fourth F-35 aircraft, a short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B. |
19 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced 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 Countermeasures Prime Contract. |
13 August 2008 |
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One of 12 Companies Selected to Compete for Tasks |
10 August 2008 |
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $32 million option on a contract to provide specialized geospatial training to analysts and officials across the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. |
07 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] 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 preparation for the start of certified operations later this year. |
06 August 2008 |
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The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its first National Security Cutter, USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750), a 418-foot vessel built by Northrop Grumman and equipped by Lockheed Martin with fully-integrated communications, sensors and electronic systems. Bertholf is the first ship in its class of technologically-advanced, multi-mission cutters. |
05 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has 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 its deployment with an aircraft carrier strike group. The San Diego-based pilot and crew departed with the aircraft July 24 for the three-day journey home from Owego, NY. |
03 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has informed its Michoud Operations workforce that employee reductions would begin in the fall of 2008 and continue through September 2010 as a result of the build-out of External Tanks to support the planned fly-out of the Space Shuttle program. |
02 August 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has completed production of two of the four SPY-1D(V) radar arrays for Australia's first Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer |
30 July 2008 |
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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 vehicle (SV-3) six months ahead of the planned schedule. |
28 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin's Integrated Common Electronics Warfare System (ICEWS) - a single enterprise solution designed to scale across all ship classes in the U.S. Navy's surface fleet - performed successfully during a series of just-completed demonstrations conducted by the Navy.
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24 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin broke ground July 11 on a $15 million, 9,600 square foot radar test facility that will provide the company with one of the world's most advanced, large-antenna measurement systems. |
15 July 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Arizona Support Center (ASC) celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new Arrowhead and Legacy TADS/PNVS support facility in Gilbert, AZ. |
10 July 2008 |
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The U.S. Army recently established a new distance record for the Lockheed Martin Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket, destroying a target 85 kilometers from the launch site during a flawless system demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The previous maximum range for GMLRS was 70 kilometers. |
06 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $107 million for a seventh production lot of the JASSM(TM) cruise missile. The contract award will bring total contracted quantities of the cruise missile to 1,053. |
01 July 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities. |
30 June 2008 |
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LM Team Will Transform Distribution Systems to Boost War Fighter Confidence in Delivery of Supplies |
30 June 2008 |
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The Department of Defense Security Service (DSS) has awarded to Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support the highest honor it can present to a government contractor, the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award. |
25 June 2008 |
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Nation's newest high-performance space-based sensor will deliver revolutionary new global surveillance capabilities to the warfighter |
21 June 2008 |
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A Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar has been successfully completed by Lockheed Martin. |
11 June 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin says it has launched the first Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) wheeled vehicle launcher using the new Universal Fire Control System (UFCS) during a recent test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. |
11 June 2008 |
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The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch this month of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin. |
04 June 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $90 million contract to support U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps MLRS launchers. Lockheed Martin's Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) system will support more than 300 launchers through 2010. |
04 June 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced that it has achieved a major integrated test milestone on the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft that enables the start of environmental testing in preparation for launch in late 2009. |
03 May 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin led LCS team recently completed another successful milestone in the production of the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) with the light off and testing of Freedom (LCS 1)'s main propulsion diesel engines. |
03 May 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has submitted a series of innovative proposals to the Department of Defensedesigned to advance state-of-the-art technologies in support of fielding rapid and responsive space systems for the warfighter. |
26 April 2008 |
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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 Missile (FBM) program. |
18 April 2008 |
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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 opens at 4:12 p.m. EDT Monday and extends until 5:12 p.m. The launch can be viewed live at www.ulalaunch.com beginning at 3:51 p.m. EDT. |
14 April 2008 |
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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 testing in 360-degree counter-fire mode against mortars and rockets at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. The prototype radar was developed by SRC under an Army Technology Objective. |
13 April 2008 |
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The Nulka Active Missile Decoy, for which Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] provides the electronic payload, was recently honored as Australian Defence Magazine's 'Defence Project of the Year' for 2007. The magazine's annual Defence Industry Awards recognize the nation's Defence Materiel Organization (DMO) and its suppliers for innovation and performance on major industry projects. |
09 April 2008 |
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A combined U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] 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 Canaveral. The spacecraft, which includes new features that enhance operations and navigation signal performance, has been declared operational for military and civilian navigation users worldwide. |
09 April 2008 |
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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 has announced it has completed work on the last satellite in the program constellation, which features a demonstration payload that will transmit the new civil signal, known as L5. Preparations are now underway to ship the satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. for a scheduled launch in June 2008. |
07 April 2008 |
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A Lockheed Martin team has been selected by the United States Air Force to serve as its strategic partner for personnel service delivery transformation. |
07 April 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., prime contractor and systems engineering lead for the MUOS program, is under contract to design, build and deploy the first two MUOS satellites and the associated MUOS ground system. |
31 March 2008 |
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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 maintenance of the high performance computing centers at four major Department of Defense scientific research sites. |
24 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $23.9 million contract modification from Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide hardware components for the next phase of full-rate production for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle (SERV) program. |
23 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has announced 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 integrated satellite's readiness to enter the critical environmental test phase in preparation for launch in late 2009. |
22 March 2008 |
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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 its class, the agile, 377-foot Freedom was designed and built by a Lockheed Martin led industry team to assist the U.S. Navy in future littoral - or close-to-shore - operations |
21 March 2008 |
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A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance
(ULA) Delta II launch vehicle. |
16 March 2008 |
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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 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton/Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services. AMC-14, which is scheduled to launch at 5:18 a.m. in Baikonur (March 14 at 7:18 p.m. EDT), will be located at orbital location 61.5 degrees West Longitude. |
14 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design and build the spacecraft for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - Series R (GOES-R), the next generation geostationary environmental satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). |
12 March 2008 |
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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 (AMRDEC) to demonstrate a Counter Rockets, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) interceptor system. Work on the contract will be completed by November 2008. |
12 March 2008 |
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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 demonstration program. F6 is shorthand for 'Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange'. |
09 March 2008 |
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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 |
05 March 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin recently completed three successful tests of the DAGR(TM) semi-active laser guidance kit for 2.75-inch/70mm rockets - two guided flight tests and a multi-purpose sled test - demonstrating the system's precision-strike accuracy, off-axis capability and delayed fuzing mode. |
01 March 2008 |
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Demonstrating its adaptability to support new and more challenging mission needs, Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully destroyed an errant United States satellite, preventing it from an uncontrolled and unpredictable reentry and potential crash to Earth. |
23 February 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated a prototype two-way video data link (VDL) for the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) during a U.S. Air Force Sniper users' conference at its Missiles and Fire Control facility in Orlando, FL. Sniper ATP provides an unrivaled aerial advantage on the battlefield. Airmen were impressed with the next-generation of VDL capability demonstrated at the event. |
23 February 2008 |
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The Lockheed Martin A2100 communications satellite fleet recently achieved a major milestone by accumulating 200 years of successful in-orbit operations. |
13 February 2008 |
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The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) recently completed its System Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a major milestone in the program's development. |
11 February 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received $194 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for production of the combat-proven Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). |
11 February 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received $194 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for production of the combat-proven Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). |
07 February 2008 |
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The governments of France and the United States have signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the sale of Lockheed Martin's precision-strike laser-guided HELLFIRE II missiles to France. |
06 February 2008 |
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In a successful first test of its advanced fire control system, Lockheed Martin's Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System recently performed a successful missile firing from the U.S. Navy's 'USS Desert Ship' at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). |
01 February 2008 |
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Themodernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 20, 2007, has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation users around the globe, following a record-setting on-orbit deployment by a joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team. |
17 January 2008 |
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The NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Management Agency awarded a $66 million contract to incorporate the Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile as the baseline interceptor for the tri-national program. The new interceptor increases the system's range and lethality over the baseline PAC-3 Missile, which was selected as the primary missile for MEADS when the design and development program began in 2004. |
17 January 2008 |
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A Lockheed Martin led industry team has unveiled the Canadian Advanced Command and Control System (CanACCS-9LV) and demonstrated the team's readiness to lead the combat systems integration element of the Canadian Navy's Halifax Class Modernization Program, which will upgrade the nation's 12 multi-mission frigates. |
17 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has recently delivered the third production Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the U.S. Navy, increasing the mine countermeasures capability for both DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The first and second RMMV were delivered to the Navy in April and August 2007, respectively. |
16 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received a $40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability to the Aegis-equipped Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force destroyer JS Myoko. |
16 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $556 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile program. |
11 January 2008 |
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Lockheed Martin has signed an exclusive international rights agreement to integrate and market Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU) from EEStor, Inc., for military and homeland security applications. Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed. |
11 January 2008 |
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The Portuguese Ministry of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a direct commercial sale contract valued at $141 million (EUR99.7 million) to upgrade the mission system avionics on five P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft. |
03 January 2008 |
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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. |
03 January 2008 |
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