Lockheed Martin gets $421.1 million Air Force pact for services for Air and Space Operations

October 15th, 2009 Lockheed Martin gets $6.2M Army dealWASHINGTON — A division of Lockheed Martin Corp. recently received a $6.2 million contract from the Army to develop a full tensor gravity gradiometer, the Pentagon said late Thursday.

October 14th, 2009 Lockheed Martin gets $6.8M Navy dealWASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $6.8 million contract boost from the Navy to buy parts for two P-3C Orion, a maritime patrol, reconnaissance aircraft, the Pentagon said late Wednesday.

October 12th, 2009 Lockheed Martin launches test flight in New MexicoUPHAM, N.M. — Officials say Lockheed Martin successfully launched a test flight vehicle over the weekend at New Mexico's spaceport.

September 24th, 2009 Lockheed Martin lifts dividend to 63 centsBETHESDA, Md. — Military contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.

September 14th, 2009 Lockheed Martin gets $111.5M defense dealWASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin Corp. recently received a $111.5 million contract from the Army for 1,152 guided multiple launch rocket systems, the Pentagon said late Monday.

September 4th, 2009 Lockheed Martin gets $13.5M Navy dealWASHINGTON — A division of Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $13.5 million contract boost from the Navy for management and engineering services for the DDG-51 destroyer, the Pentagon said late Friday.

August 25th, 2009 Lockheed Martins starts missile defense unitHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., a division of defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., said Tuesday that it has established a new missile defense systems operating unit based in Huntsville, Ala.

August 19th, 2009 Lockheed Martin gets $25.1M defense pactWASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin Corp., the nation's largest defense contractor, received a $25.1 million contract boost from the Navy for hardware to upgrade the Virginia Class attack submarine, the Pentagon said late Wednesday. The hardware will be used for a sonar system upgrade, which has already been integrated into the first 10 ships of the class as part of the modernization program.

August 17th, 2009 Lockheed Martin to cut 800 jobs in space systemsDENVER — Lockheed Martin says it will eliminate 800 jobs across its space systems division, largely in two facilities in Colorado and California. The reductions represent about 4.5 percent of the overall workforce.

July 11th, 2009 Lockheed gets $262M Air Force ContractWASHINGTON — The Air Force said Friday that it has awarded a $262 million satellite contract to a division of Lockheed Martin Corp. The contract is for long lead parts and material procurement for the Air Force's fourth Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite and a payload.

July 3rd, 2009 Feds intervene in suit over $3B computer contractThe U.S. Justice Department has intervened in a so-called "whistleblower" lawsuit that accuses several companies and former government employees of rigging a winning bid on a $3.2 billion computer contract at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

May 12th, 2009 Lockheed ramped up lobbying in 1QWASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin Corp. significantly increased the amount of money it spent lobbying Congress and the Pentagon during the first quarter as it fought to stave off proposed cuts to some of its major weapons programs.

April 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - This year, on Space Day, which is celebrated on the first Friday in May, NASA and Lockheed Martin's main program would involve signatures by students flown aboard a space shuttle mission. Known as 'Student Signatures in Space', the program will be one of the highlighted projects during the Space Day.

March 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The pilot of a F-22A fighter jet was killed when the aircraft crashed in California while on a test flight, news reports said. The pilot, 49-year-old David Cooley, was with the air force for 21 years, before he jointed contractor Lockheed Martin, the Los Angeles Times reported.

February 10th, 2009 BANGALORE - The race for an Indian Air Force (IAF) order for 126 combat jets just got hotter with US defence major Lockheed Martin opting to equip its F-16IN Super Viper with electronics giant Raytheon's protection suite, which the company described as the 'world's most advanced electronic warfare system'. The two companies announced the tie-up on the sidelines of the seventh edition of the Aero India international air show that opened here Wednesday.