Lockheed Martin News Archives

Geraldine Marquez died last year in a suicide bombing at age 31 while she was working as a civilian contractor at an air base in Afghanistan.

OWEGO Lockheed Martin Systems Integration -- Owego is being awarded a $5.8 million modification to a previously awarded contract for work related to the integration of the Ku-Band Hawklink Common Data Link into ...

A post-Sept. 11 program to provide special identification cards to every worker with access to seaports could face more delays because workers are not getting help when they apply.

The United Arab Emirates has requested the purchase of a new U.S. missile defense system called THAAD, developed by Lockheed Martin Corp, a deal that could be worth $7 billion.

Lockheed Martin announced today that it is establishing a new Global Supply Chain Services business in Johnstown.

A glitch with a Mars orbiter relaying commands from Earth delayed plans Tuesday to move the robotic arm on the Phoenix Mars Lander during its second day of activities, an inconvenience but no major problem, ...

NASA Spacecraft will Study Water-Ice on the Northern Plans of Mars NASA has a new spacecraft operating on the surface of Mars.

This Feb. 11, 2007 picture provided by Lockheed Martin via NASA shows the Phoenix lander with fully deployed solar panels in a clean room at Lockheed Martin in Denver.

The Defense Department told Congress that Romania may buy up to 48 of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-16 fighter jets in a deal worth up to $4.5 billion, according to media reports Monday.

Los Angeles Business from bizjournals - from the Dallas Business Journal Lockheed Martin Corp.

Posted by Cory Doctorow , May 22, 2008 6:11 AM Great news: The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Corynne McSherry arm-twisted Lockheed Martin into giving up on their crazy attempt to stop people from posting 3D ...

The Boeing Co. will lay off 750 Southern California employees after losing a lucrative military satellite contract and seeing a dip in demand for the technology, the company said Wednesday.

To support NATO peace keeping objectives in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the Polish Ministry of Defense is deploying a Radio Frequency Identification -based solution provided by Savi, a Lockheed Martin company, ...

In big hardware news...The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.5 billion contract to build the military's next generation of navigation satellites. via Directions Magazine

“Hundreds of cities across the United States are in the same position”

U.S. markets open with slide Friday NEW YORK, May 16 -- U.S. stock indexes started lower Friday in spite of news that housing starts rebounded 8.2 percent in April. via Daily India

“You have military troops all over that have to communicate, and they're dependent on satellites”

The U.S. Air Force has approved a $1.5 billion bid from Lockheed Martin to develop 12 navigational satellites, U.S. military officials announced. via The Post Chronicle

“We did a combination of drilling new wells in an area that was not contaminated and putting treatment systems on existing wells”

Working to ensure clean water for its residents, the city on Tuesday took control of a facility to remove arsenic from the water supply. via San Bernardino County Sun

Lockheed Martin Corp is likely to win a contract over Boeing Co to build next generation navigation satellites for the U.S. military, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the ... via BNET

“Boeing's tanker protest has convinced the Air Force that it must have a very compelling case ready when it makes a contract award”

The Air Force is expected this week to award either Lockheed Martin Corp. or Boeing Co. via Seattle Times

“We're honored that Savi's asset management software has earned the trust of the U.S. Army through its nine-year track record of ensuring that soldiers know precisely where munitions are stored to meet the needs of war fighters in the field”

Savi, a Lockheed Martin company, has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command for a government-developed, automated information system that supports depot-level ammunition logistics ... via Imaging Magazine

“It will be up there with the moon, stars and all the planets and maybe a passing rocket will look in the window and see our poster.”

As the space shuttle Endeavour rockets toward the International Space Station, so will the names of all 350 students from Twin Branch Model School. via South Bend Tribune

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. spent $3.78 million in the first quarter to lobby on funding for a range of Defense Department and Homeland Security programs and other issues, according to a disclosure ... via MSN Money

“The government schemes provide you funds and infrastructure. The rest, one has to do on his own risk”

New Delhi, May 2 : Leading US fighter jet manufacturer Lockheed Martin Friday announced extension of its scientific support programme in India for the next two years. via Newkerala.com

“It is the best the US Navy has to offer. I am looking forward to your air crews coming and looking at this because they will fall in love with it.”

The Australian navy's cancelled order for the troubled Super Seasprite helicopters could be replaced by the latest version of the Seahawk, now entering service with the US Navy. via The Age

“Information provided to us during our debrief indicated that we offered a technically compliant and awardable solution at significantly lower cost, leading us to request a [GAO] review”

Lockheed Martin has decided to appeal the US Navy's decision to award a $1.1 billion contract to Northrop Grumman to develop the broad area maritime surveillance system. via Flight Global

TriQuint Semiconductor announced that it has begun shipping production gallium arsenide monolithic microwave integrated circuits to Lockheed Martin Radar Systems for the manufacture of EQ-36 Counterfire Target ... via My ESM

“Our entire industry team, with the new addition of IBM, is very pleased to start working on the NGI program”

Bethesda, Md., - Lockheed Martin today announced that IBM will join its industry team to develop and maintain the Next Generation Identification system for the Federal Bureau of Investigation -the new ... via Biometrics Resource

“Hopefully the review will put the whole consideration back on rigorous footing and get perspective on it”

NOTHING concentrates the mind of a defence minister like a visit to Gallipoli, where rows of Australian graves serve as an enduring reminder of the cost of getting it wrong. via The Australian

IBM Corp. said it dropped its protest of a Federal Bureau of Investigation award to Lockheed Martin Corp. via The Journal News

A man walks past a U.S.-built Lockheed tactical missile at the opening of the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition in Chiba. via The Epoch Times

Government investigators concluded that the Pentagon did not properly safeguard classified aviation and weapons technology at facilities owned by BAE Systems for at least a two-year period. via The State