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Lockheed MartinGenuinely Aiming For The Stars

Straight off the bat, Lockheed Martin are helping mankind get to Mars, which gives you an idea of the range of determination and vision that this company possesses. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, they are a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 112,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

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Indeed, Lockheed Martin stands as one of the world’s premier companies in the aerospace, defence, security, and technologies industry; it is the world’s largest defence contractor, based on

revenue for fiscal year 2014. In 2013, 78% of Lockheed Martin’s revenues came from military

sales and it topped the list of US federal Government contractors and received nearly 10% of the funds paid out by the Pentagon. Leading the way in Aeronautics, Information Systems and Global Solutions, Missiles and Fire Control, Mission Systems and Training, and Space Systems the company has received the Collier Trophy six times, including in 2001 for being part of developing the X-35/F-35B LiftFan Propulsion System, and most recently in 2006 for leading the team that developed the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.

A GREAT STORYA company of this size and ability doesn’t get that way by being

used to a smooth ride and over the years Lockheed Martin has overcome many sizeable hurdles.

During the mid to late 90s the company experienced a surge of growth from their initial creation. Merger talks between Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta began in March 1994, with the companies announcing their $10 billion planned merger on August 30, 1994. The deal was finalised on March 15, 1995, when the two companies’ shareholders approved the merger.

During a period of great demand for military technology expertise the timing could not have been better for such a collaboration between two companies who both contributed

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A corporation of insane ambition, their net sales were a staggering $45.6 billion in 2014 and while their business scope covers the entire globe, involving thousands, they are all united under the common goal of expanding their technology and capabilities into areas where others dare not tread.

important products into their new portfolio. As an example, Lockheed products included the Trident missile, P-3 Orion, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, C-130 Hercules, A-4AR Fightinghawk and the DSCS-3 satellite. And Martin Marietta products included Titan rockets, Sandia National Laboratories (management contract acquired in 1993), Space Shuttle External Tank, Viking 1 and Viking 2 landers, the Transfer Orbit Stage (under subcontract to Orbital Sciences Corporation) and various satellite models.

Continuing the trend for acquisition of experience and expertise, in April of the following year Lockheed Martin acquired the electronics and systems integration business Loral Corporation for a tidy sum of $9.1 billion. Some would say that their growth was hampered in 1998 when they were obliged to abandon plans for a $8.3 billion merger with Northrop Grumman in July 1998 due to Government concerns regarding the potential strength of the new group. When considered carefully a Lockheed/Northrop collaboration would have held control of 25% of the Department of Defence’s procurement budget!

The first decade of the 2000s was the company’s opportunity to shine. In 2001 they won the contract to build the F-35 Lightning II, which was the largest fighter aircraft procurement project since the F-16, with an initial order of 3,000 aircraft. And in August 2006, Lockheed Martin won a $3.9 billion contract from NASA to design and build the CEV capsule, later named Orion for the Ares I rocket in the Constellation Program.

As if to prove that they were at the very cutting edge of technology, Lockhead Martin took an active and decisive interest in the development of new super materials that were only just beginning to surface in the public’s eye. In 2008 they acquired the Government business unit of Nantero, Inc, who had developed methods and processes for incorporating carbon nanotubes in next-generation electronic devices. This was backed up in 2009 when they bought Unitech.

The 2010s were a tumultuous period for the company. Every business, no matter the size has to be shaken up periodically to see what works and what doesn’t. What began was a period where lesser efficient plants and branches of the company were shut down and replaced with acquisitions of more technology based companies. While the media frenzy that followed focussed heavily on the consequential unemployment of several hundred workers, what was generally ignored was the monumental achievements that the Lockheed Martin were able to make thanks to these tactical acquisitions and collaborations. As just an example; they purchased the first Quantum Computing System from D-Wave Systems, giving them a sizeable head start in the race to a working quantum computer system. They acquired the engine maintenance, repair and overhaul assets of company Aveos Fleet Performance in Montreal, Canada and partnered with DreamHammer to use the company’s software for integrated command and control of its unmanned aerial vehicles. In late 2013 they acquired Scotland-

based tech firm, Amor Group and Lockheed Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson stated, “The deal would aid its plans to expand internationally and into non-defence markets,”

INSANE PROJECTSThe projects that Lockheed Martin involve themselves in are

some of the most exciting and insane projects conceivable. For example, on June 2, 2014 Lockheed Martin received a Pentagon contract to build a space fence that would track debris floating currently in orbit around the planet. This project, which came with a contracted tag of $915 million, was to protect satellites and spacecraft from being damaged by this floating debris.

“Space is an unforgiving environment to operate in,” said General William L. Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, at the time, adding, “There are, in orbit, an estimated 500,000 objects at least one centimetre in size. Existing systems can track only about 23,000 of them.”

DEVELOPMENTSLockheed Martin received a $76 million contract from the U.S.

Air Force for follow-on production of PavewayTM II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits. The contract represents the majority share of fiscal year 2015 funding, as well as 100 percent of available funding for foreign military sales with deliveries set to begin in the second quarter of 2016 and include the guidance and tail assemblies for GBU-10 and GBU-12 LGBs.

“Our high-efficiency production lines enabled us to offer the U.S. Air Force a best-value solution for their LGB kit requirements,” said Joe Serra, precision guided systems manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “The Paveway II Plus guidance system significantly enhances overall system performance and precision, and provides the U.S. Air Force with a cost-effective capability.”

Lockheed Martin is a qualified provider of all three Paveway II MK-80 series LGB variants (GBU-10 MK-84 [2,000 lb.], GBU-12 MK-82 [500 lb.] and GBU-16 MK-83 (1,000 lb.) and is the sole provider of the Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round and Dual Mode LGB kits. The company has delivered more than 140,000 training rounds, more than 70,000 Paveway II LGB kits and approximately 7,000 dual-mode systems to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and 20 international customers. The systems are designed and manufactured at Lockheed Martin’s 350,000-square-foot production facility in Archbald, Pennsylvania.

SIXTH OPEN MISSION SYSTEMS FLIGHTLockheed Martin successfully integrated and flight tested seven

Open Mission Systems (OMS) payloads in a span of less than three months into a U-2 Dragon Lady, marking the corporation’s sixth demonstration flight in support of the U.S. Air Force’s OMS vision.

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“This demonstration focused on communications relay capabilities and dynamic weapon retargeting within an OMS integration methodology,” said John Clark, director of Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (the Skunk Works®). “This demonstration showed our ability to integrate mission capability rapidly and affordably while highlighting how the OMS standard provides the Air Force a mechanism to own the technical baseline for their future systems.”

A technician completes final pre-flight checks on a U-2 Dragon Lady before an Open Mission Systems demonstration flight in which fighter aircraft from multiple generations and services exchange penetrating intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, electronic warfare and signals intelligence data. (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Comp)

This demonstration focused on communications relay capabilities, dynamic weapon retargeting and methodology. Multiple radios and associated waveforms were integrated with the U-2, which served as a communications gateway between an F-22, F-18s and a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) surrogate platform. Furthermore, fifth and fourth generation fighter data and U-2 on-board intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

and electronic warfare systems data were relayed to both a rover ground terminal and the common mission control centre, allowing the LRASM surrogate to be dynamically retargeted in mid-flight.

Additionally, the U.S. Air Force’s 76th Software Maintenance Group developed and flight tested a software application designed to operate in the Skunk Works® mission management software suite.

This flight test is part of a series of tests that demonstrate the power of the Lockheed Martin ‘Open Architecture’ approach combined with the Air Force OMS standards. The stability of the entire OMS mission package was proven, as no software or subsystem resets were required during the flight. The flight’s success is a significant step toward risk reduction for future system-of-systems hardware and software developed to follow OMS standards.

LOCKHEED MARTIN DELIVERS FIRST DANISH MH-60R

HELICOPTER TO THE U.S. NAVYThe U.S. Navy accepted the first MH-60R helicopter slated for

Denmark from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in a ceremony today at the Lockheed Martin facility in Owego, New York.

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“We are excited to accept this aircraft bound for Denmark,” said Rear Adm. CJ Jaynes, programme executive officer for air anti-submarine warfare, assault and special mission programmes, which oversees the U.S. Navy’s H-60 programme office. “The Romeo is the U.S. Navy’s primary rotary anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare platform in operation and we’re proud to know these will be flying soon with the Royal Danish Air Force – our first Seahawks in Europe.”

Manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft and provided with advanced mission systems and sensors by Lockheed Martin, the MH-60R is operational and deployed as the primary U.S. Navy anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare system for both open-ocean and littoral zones. In 2012, Denmark announced it will acquire a total of nine MH-60R aircraft by 2018 to conduct missions such as surveillance, search and rescue, anti-piracy and anti-surface warfare.

“MH-60R helicopters host the complete package of sensors and systems that address today’s increasing threats,” said Dan Spoor, Lockheed Martin vice president of Aviation and Unmanned Systems. “We are honoured to extend our international partnership with the Royal Danish Air Force to deliver these capabilities and the technology that will protect our allies around the globe.”

Prior to being delivered to the Royal Danish Air Force, these aircraft will enter a phase of testing to validate Danish configuration modifications. The first aircraft will be delivered to Denmark in the second quarter of 2016, and the full fleet will be delivered by 2018.

Denmark is the second international partner in the MH-60R program, following the Royal Australian Navy. To date, Lockheed Martin has delivered a total of 14 of 24 Australian aircraft ahead of schedule. The remaining 10 aircraft will be delivered in 2016.

ORIONWe’ve mentioned how Lockheed Martin were directly linked to

NASA and have been aiding in the mission to get man to Mars with the much spoken about ORION. A team of NASA, U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin personnel, aboard the USS Anchorage, are in the process of recovering Orion and will return it to U.S. Naval Base San Diego in the coming days. Orion will then be delivered to NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, where it will be processed. The crew module will be refurbished for use in Ascent Abort-2 in 2018, a test of Orion’s launch abort system.

As NASA’s prime contractor for Orion, Lockheed Martin began

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manufacturing the Orion crew module in 2011 and delivered it in July 2012 to the Neil Armstrong operations & checkout facility at Kennedy, where final assembly, integration and testing were completed. More than 1,000 companies across the country manufactured or contributed elements to Orion.

SUPPLIERS RECOGNISED Thousands of companies feed services and supplies into

this galactically focussed company but Lockheed Martin firmly advocates recognising all the businesses supporting them. Recently, two business areas of missiles and fire control and mission systems and training recognised 22 small business suppliers who have made extraordinary contributions to the company’s products and services.

For the past 20 years, Lockheed Martin have gone out of their way to celebrate the small business suppliers supplying them goods in an annual award that reflects their appreciation for all businesses helping them in their success.

“The challenges we face in the marketplace with our customers require us to develop innovative solutions that meet our customers’ expectations in both performance and affordability,” said Phil

Goslin, vice president of global supply chain at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training. “In doing so, it is essential that we partner and collaborate with a diverse supply base to deliver these innovative solutions.”

“Lockheed Martin’s small business partners are critical to manufacturing products used to support customer missions around the world,” said Pat Sunderlin, vice president of global supply chain at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “We recognise and value our suppliers’ commitment to quality and accountability.”

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