Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is an aerospace manufacturer and provider of systems and IT services. It was formed in 1995 from the Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide. Most of the $39.6 Billion dollars in sales (2006) were to the US federal government, primarily the Department of Defense.

The Aeronautics Division of Lockheed Martin includes the "Skunk Works" (or Advanced Development Programs) which is responsible for some of the most advanced aircraft ever, in part because it works outside the regular bureaucracy of large corporations.

A proposed merger between Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne was blocked from occurring by the FTC; prior to the decision, in response the company argues it should be given the same merger conditions that competitor Northrop Grumman was given upon its purchase of Orbital ATK (which was Aerojet's primary competitor in the solid rocket booster business).[1] Aerojet would later be purchased in 2022 by another major defense contractor, L3Harris Technologies, subject again to FTC approval.

## Contents

* 1 Notable Skunkworks Aircraft
* 2 Other Lockheed Martin Aircraft
* 3 External Links
* 4 References

## Notable Skunkworks Aircraft[edit]

* P-38 Lightning
* P-80 Shooting Star
* XF-90
* F-104 Starfighter
* U-2
* SR-71 Blackbird
* XST (Have Blue), the prototype for the F-117 Nighthawk
* F-22 Raptor
* F-35 Lightning II

## Other Lockheed Martin Aircraft[edit]

* C-130 Hercules
* C-141 Starlifter
* C-5 Galaxy
* F-16 Fighting Falcon (purchased from General Dynamics when the latter exited the military aircraft business)
* Sikorsky Aircraft (purchased in 2015)

## External Links[edit]

* Official Site

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://spacenews.com/federal-trade-commission-likely-to-block-lockheed-martins-acquisition-of-aerojet-rocketdyne/