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Lockheed Martin reports developments across its defense technology programs, including military aircraft, missile defense, space systems, and command-and-control platforms. Recurring updates cover F-35 and F-16 aircraft activity, Skunk Works® technologies such as the MDCX™ platform, layered missile defense programs using THAAD, PAC-3 and related interceptor experience, and GPS satellite production and launches.
Company news also includes U.S. and allied customer selections, contract awards, quarterly operating results, capital and production initiatives, and leadership changes within major businesses such as Aeronautics and Space.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) celebrated the Marietta, Georgia site’s 75th anniversary as a U.S. Center for Manufacturing Excellence, highlighting its world-record C-130 production line and role in global defense.
The company announced 1,200 new Marietta-based jobs, noted a $4.5B 2025 economic impact in Georgia, and its 5,600-strong workforce.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and GM Defense announced a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on strengthening America's manufacturing and defense industrial base, facilitated by the U.S. Department of War.
The partnership will focus on supply chains, advanced manufacturing and design, and expanding production capacity using commercial manufacturing expertise.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) reported a first-ever launch of a Sanctum C-UAS–controlled JAGM missile from its GRIZZLY containerized launcher, successfully intercepting a Group 3 one-way attack test drone. Fortem R-40 radars, Sanctum battle management and GRIZZLY were integrated with hardware-in-the-loop and live-fire testing in under 45 days.
The system combines scalable radar sites, wireless connectivity, containerized launch, low-cost commercial sensors and eight-round capacity to provide distributed, modular, layered defense for Group 1–4 UAV threats on land and maritime platforms.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) opened an 88,000-square-foot Missile Assembly Building 5 in Courtland, Alabama to produce the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the Missile Defense Agency.
The facility consolidates advanced digital manufacturing, automation and “digital twin” processes to support faster, high-quality NGI production and bolster U.S. homeland missile defense while expanding high-skill jobs in North Alabama.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has broken ground on a new Munitions Production Center in Troy, Alabama. The 87,000-square-foot Building 47 will support THAAD interceptors and future Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) work, nearly doubling current production space and creating significant jobs over three years.
This project is part of a more than $9 billion investment through 2030 to scale munitions production and upgrade or build over 20 U.S. facilities. Lockheed Martin reports having already invested well over $1 billion, tripling PAC-3 MSE capacity and planning to quadruple THAAD and Precision Strike Missile output.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) announced that Chairman, President and CEO Jim Taiclet and CFO Evan Scott will speak at Bernstein's 2026 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on May 27, from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. ET, with a live and two-week replay webcast.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) declared a second quarter 2026 dividend of $3.45 per share. The dividend will be paid on June 26, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 1, 2026, while the company maintains disciplined capital allocation.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced that Aeronautics President Greg Ulmer will retire after more than 30 years, effective June 1. Orlando “OJ” Sanchez Jr. will succeed him as president of Aeronautics, a $30 billion business with >35,000 employees. Ulmer will serve as a strategic advisor during the transition. Sanchez joined Lockheed Martin in 2014 and most recently led Skunk Works.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) was selected by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to develop capabilities for the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program, advancing an integrated, layered homeland missile defense solution. The work will accelerate development, testing and integration and aims for an integrated demonstration by 2028.
Lockheed Martin says SBI leverages experience from THAAD, PAC-3, Next Generation Interceptor, hypersonic strike systems and missile warning/tracking systems to provide an early engagement layer that expands coverage and survivability against evolving missile threats.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Skunk Works MDCX platform controlled the first flight of the U.S. Navy's Boeing MQ-25A Stingray on April 22, 2026, from MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.
The MDCX software serves as the ground control component of the Navy's UMCS MD-5 ground control station and was selected for MQ-25A in 2020, demonstrating a ready-now, open-architecture C2 capability for carrier-based unmanned operations.