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ROCKVILLE, Md., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) SkyLine(TM) system now supports air traffic management throughout the Republic of Kazakhstan. SkyLine enables Kazakhstan to manage its airspace on a single hardware and software platform, enhancing airspace safety and efficiency. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b ) Kazakhstan's air navigation service provider, Kazaeronavigatsia, uses SkyLine at three area control centers -...
ORLANDO, Fla., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $253 million contract agreement to begin work on F-15SA pilot and maintenance training systems for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The technologies will provide a comprehensive ground-based training environment for Saudi Arabia's F-15SA modernization program. Pilots will complete air-to-air combat, air-to-surface missions, air combat maneuvers and tactical intercepts with 360-degree full mission...
BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Suppliers are critical to success at Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], yet they are often the first impacted in a challenging economy. In order to strengthen the company's interaction with these small businesses and provide them additional opportunities, Lockheed Martin has introduced a supplier-focused website called Supplier Wire (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/supplierwire). Supplier Wire offers a wide range of educational resources,...
BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] employees volunteered more than 7,500 hours supporting a variety of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities with more than 31,000 students during National Engineers Week 2013. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130225/NE65532-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130225/NE65532-b ) Engineers Week, co-sponsored by Lockheed Martin and the National Council of Examiners for...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online [ Watch the Video: Light echoes from LRLL 54361 ] A strange beacon of light has been captured, for the third time, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Far away, on a protostar called LRLL 54361, a flashing light takes place every 25.34 days, like fireworks. New images and video released by NASA and taken by the Hubble show the cause of these fireworks can bee seen hidden behind a dense disc and an envelope of dust....
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NATS, the United Kingdom's (UK) leading air traffic control company, has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a seven-year contract extension to continue support of air traffic management systems based at Swanwick and Prestwick control centers. Under this new extension, Lockheed Martin will also support the NATS flight data processing system. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b ) Lockheed Martin's work with...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) continued its year-long centennial celebration today at its Sunnyvale, California, site, marking the 100(th) anniversary of Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company, a San Francisco small business that grew to be one of Lockheed Martin's two founding companies. Allan and Malcolm Lockheed established their airplane business on Dec. 19, 1912, and today their passion for aerospace innovation thrives in Sunnyvale at today's...
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Lockheed Company, which was originally incorporated on Dec. 19, 1912, in San Francisco, Calif. To mark the occasion, Lockheed Martin is making donations in honor of Lockheed's founders to the Burbank Historical Society's Gordon R. Howard Museum and the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. Both organizations work to preserve the...
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers will report on recent observations of a previously unseen population of primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. The teleconference panelists are: -- Richard Ellis, astrophysicist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. -- Abraham Loeb, chair, Astronomy Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass....
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers will report on recent observations of a previously unseen population of primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The teleconference panelists are: -- Richard Ellis, astrophysicist, California...
