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  Lockheed Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lockheed Constellation was developed during World War II and served as both a civilian airliner and a military transport.
Lockheed Corporation (originally Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company) was an American aerospace company originally founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form Lockheed Martin.
In the Netherlands, the "Lockheed scandal" related to the purchase of F-104G Starfighters for the airforce in which Prince Bernhard was implicated in charges of receiving bribes from Lockheed in order to ensure the aircraft would win out over the Mirage V for the purchase contract.
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 Lockheed
The Lockheed Company, one of the giants in the modern aerospace industry, began in 1912 when the Loughead brothers, Allan and Malcolm, formed the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company in San Francisco.
It was a cantilever high-wing wooden monoplane with a streamlined monocoque fuselage built from two half-shells of plywood that had been shaped under pressure in a concrete mold.
The 1937 Lockheed 14 Super Electra, designed to compete with the Douglas DC-2 and DC-3, failed as a commercial aircraft in the United States because it had too small a capacity.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Lockheed_early/Aero13.htm   (1574 words)

  
 Lockheed Martin Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta.
Lockheed Martin is the world's largest defense contractor (by defense revenue).
Lockeed Martin sponsor the Lockheed Martin Maintenence Trophy which is an anual competition that runs in parallel with the Fincastle competition in which groundcrews of the P-3 Orion and the Nimrod MR2 take part in various tasks and excersises to see who comes out on top.
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Lockheed_Martin   (413 words)

  
 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in 1975 - aeroengineer.net
Lockheed today is a company with long and broad experience in science and engineering, and with technical and management competence across a wide range of defense systems and industrial programs.
Almost overnight Lockheed converted its Model 14 transport into the rugged Hudson bomber for the RAE and during the war years built 3000 of them for Britain, the U.S., and allied nations.
Lockheed's corporate organization, Lockheed-California Company, and Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. that operates Hollywood-Burbank airport are all in Burbank.
www.aeroengineer.net /history/lockheed/index.html   (669 words)

  
 Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Network Solutions, Inc. Opinion
Lockheed also requested that NSI cease registering domain-name combinations that included "Skunk Works" or variations on the phrase and report to Lockheed all such domain-name combinations contained in its registry.
Lockheed's new cause of action would also require NSI to conduct discovery of whether the domain-name registrants were diluting Lockheed's service mark.
Lockheed does not appeal the district court's decision on its infringement, unfair competition, and dilution claims against NSI, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing leave to amend the complaint.
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 Lockheed and the F-104
Although primarily a military planebuilder, Lockheed's chairman and CEO Dan Haughton was anxious to remain in the commercial sector.
Lockheed's A-12 and SR-71 of the 1960s had used some low-observable, or stealth, technology, meaning that the aircraft were difficult to detect by radar.
Lockheed went on to build later reconnaissance satellites and the Agena upper stage, which boosted hundreds of military and civilian spacecraft into orbit.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/lockheed-modern/Aero16.htm   (1870 words)

  
 B-295402, Lockheed Martin Corporation, February 18, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation protests various procurement actions taken by the Department of the Air Force in connection with the small diameter bomb (SDB) program under request for proposals (RFP) No. F08635-03-R-0038.
Lockheed Martin's protest relates, generally, to activities that took place between September 2001 (when Boeing and Lockheed Martin were each awarded component advanced development contracts under the SDB program) and August 2003 (when Boeing was selected for award of the SDD contract).
With regard to the phase I requirements, Lockheed Martin notes that a substantial portion of the contract has already been performed; accordingly, Lockheed Martin requests that we recommend that Lockheed Martin be reimbursed for the proposal preparation costs it expended in competing for the SDD contract.
www.gao.gov /decisions/bidpro/295402.htm   (5426 words)

  
 Issue Ads @ APPC - Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lockheed Martin was the top contractor with the Department of Defense in 2002, receiving a total of $17 billion worth of contracts (Top DoD Contractors for Fiscal Year 2002, dod.gov/pubs).
Lockheed Martin was awarded $225 million in 1999 to create the software for the FAA (Air Transport Intelligence, May 6, 2002).
Lockheed Martin was awarded $3.97 billion from the Pentagon for manufacturing the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system which is "designed to protect troops in the field from ballistic missile attack" (The Washington Post, June 29, 2000).
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org /issueads/organizations/lockheed_martin_corporation.htm   (678 words)

  
 Lockheed Martin Corporation
It is the personal responsibility of each employee to ensure that his or her acceptance of such meals, refreshments, or entertainment is proper and could not reasonably be construed in any way as an attempt by the offering party to secure favorable treatment.
Lockheed Martin employees are not permitted to accept funds in any form or amount, or any gift that has a retail or exchange value of $20 or more from individuals, companies, or representatives of companies having or seeking business relationships with Lockheed Martin.
In our role as a U.S. corporation and a major government contractor, we must always be alert to and comply with the security laws and regulations of the United States.
www.itcilo.it /english/actrav/telearn/global/ilo/code/lockheed.htm   (3008 words)

  
 ALTAIR Part 1 - The Lockheed File
A Lockheed Aircraft Corporation inter-departmental communication from Carl B. Squier (General Manager) advised that "this plane was damaged at Mines Field August 2nd on takeoff with Hutchinson as pilot.
Lockheed replied to Growder: "Regret extremely the necessity of a letter of this nature, but am writing in answer to your request of October 10th.
It is agreed by Lockheed Aircraft Corp. to bring the ship to their factory at once to start work immediately, and to finish in approximately 30 days or as near that date as possible.
www.lockheed.adastron.com /altair/altair1.htm   (1492 words)

  
 Vance D. Coffman 1944— - FROM AN IOWA FARM, SECRET OPERATIONS FOR THE MILITARY
As a leader of Lockheed Martin, he pressed for openness in dealing with friendly nations and envisioned an age of cooperation among allies that would include sharing of defense technology and the cooperative development of defense systems so that all countries would be equally capable of participating in mutual military obligations.
In 1995 Lockheed merged with Martin Marietta Corporation, and during the reshuffling of management positions Coffman became president of the Space and Missiles division of the new Lockheed Martin.
Throughout Lockheed Martin's successful business dealings, Coffman continued to be a passionate public advocate for his vision of a NATO alliance that offered equal access to all member nations' defense projects.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/A-E/Coffman-Vance-D-1944.html   (1042 words)

  
 Lockheed Corporation
The consent agreement settles charges that the $9 billion-plus merger of Lockheed and Martin Marietta would violate federal antitrust laws by substantially reducing competition in the U.S. markets for military aircraft, military satellites and satellite launch- vehicles.
Lockheed Martin's headquarters office is in Bethesda, Maryland.
The order requires Lockheed Martin Corporation to open up the exclusive teaming arrangements that each individual firm, prior to the merger, had with infrared sensor producers, so as to restore competition for certain types of military satellites.
www.ftc.gov /opa/1995/05/lockheed.htm   (352 words)

  
 News from Lockheed Martin UK
Lockheed Martin UK has been awarded a contract by Atkins, the FRES Systems House, for an 18 month Electric Armour Technology Demonstrator Programme.
Lockheed Martin UK, a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, is a leader in systems integration working on major programmes spanning the aerospace, defence, civil and commercial sectors.
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 135,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.
www.lockheedmartin.co.uk /news/262.html   (366 words)

  
 B-295402.2, Lockheed Martin Corporation--Costs, November 1, 2005
Lockheed Martin Corporation requests that our Office recommend reimbursement of proposal preparation costs incurred by Lockheed Martin in competing for a system design and development (SDD) contract under the Department of the Air Force’s small diameter bomb (SDB) program pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. F08635-03-R-0038.
We sustained Lockheed Martin’s protest on the basis of Druyun’s acknowledged bias favoring Boeing, along with our conclusion that Druyun was significantly involved in the decisionmaking process culminating in deletion of the phase II requirements.
However, in response to Lockheed Martin’s additional request for reimbursement of proposal preparation costs, we expressed reservations, noting that Lockheed Martin had already been compensated for performance of its component advanced development (CAD) contract--on which the competition for the SDD contract was based.
www.gao.gov /decisions/bidpro/2954022.htm   (806 words)

  
 Lockheed Shipbuilding Company
Lockheed Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington, was a part of the Marine Systems Group of Lockheed Corporation.
Lockheed Shipbuilding Company is the designer of the Whidbey Island Class dock landing ships, and is the builder of the first three ships of this class.
In 1959, the Lockheed Corporation purchased the Seattle shipyard, and since then, built 44 ships of various types for the US Navy, US Coast Guard, and commercial customers.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/lockheed.htm   (222 words)

  
 In the Matter of LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Lockheed Martin includes Loral Corporation, which prior to the Acquisition had its principal office and place of business located at 600 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016; except that Lockheed Martin does not include any of the foregoing that will be part of Loral Space after the Acquisition.
Lockheed Martin agrees to submit, within thirty (30) days of the date the Consent Agreement is signed by Lockheed Martin, an initial report, pursuant to Section 2.33 of the Commission’s Rules, signed by Lockheed Martin setting forth in detail the manner in which Lockheed Martin will comply with Paragraphs II.
Third, Lockheed Martin is a significant competitor in the research, development, manufacture and sale of military aircraft and Loral is the sole supplier of a number of critical systems used on or with military aircraft, including simulation and training systems, the NITE Hawk forward-looking infrared targeting system, electronic countermeasures and mission computers.
www.ftc.gov /opa/1996/04/locklora.htm   (9046 words)

  
 Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lockheed Martin is rapidly developing the reputation of being the Packard Bell of the defense and aerospace industry.''
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is a diversified enterprise principally engaged in the conception, design, manufacture and integration of advanced technology products and services for the United States Government, foreign entities, and private industry.
The most recent addition to Lockheed Martin was the July 3, 1997 announcement that it would combine with Northrop Grumman in an $11.6 billion transaction.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/industry/lock-mart.htm   (535 words)

  
 Lockheed Martin Corporation - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Lockheed Martin Corporation - Search Results - MSN Encarta
At the same time, the two countries made some progress in their strategic arms limitation talks (SALT), agreeing on the type of treaty they would work toward.
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 Lockheed Martin Corporation Cleanup
The complexity of the cleanup is staggering to understand as it is governed by two different sets of rules, regulations and procedures; those set forth by the Super Fund Act of the Environmental Protection Agency and those that come under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of New York State.
Specifically, one aspect of the cleanup requires a "closure plan" that outlines the steps to be taken, based on numerous tests such as soil borings and chemical analyses, to make the buildings safe and habitable.
Lockheed Martin spokesperson Gail Rymer agrees with the need for clear, concise information and is in the process of setting up a website to further that aim.
www.antonnews.com /greatneckrecord/2000/05/26/news/lockheedmartin.html   (747 words)

  
 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION v. Space Systems/Loral
  Lockheed, 249 F.3d at 1327, 58 USPQ2d at 1680 (citing Festo, 234 F.3d at 586, 56 USPQ2d at 1886).
  However, Lockheed posits that the grant of summary judgment was improper because a factual dispute exists as to whether the SSL satellites contain an equivalent to limitation [b].
  Lockheed relies on the testimony of its expert witness, Dr. Alfriend, for the proposition that the SSL Intelsat VII satellites have a means to rotate their L-Wheel purely sinusoidally.
www.ll.georgetown.edu /federal/judicial/fed/opinions/00opinions/00-1310.html   (5753 words)

  
 Lockheed Aircraft Source   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
As a lead systems integrator and information technology company, nearly 80% of Lockheed Martin's business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. federal government agencies.
In June 1955 Lockheed was awarded an order for 35 such aircraft.
We hope to have helped you find the lockheed aircraft information you were looking for.
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 Lockheed Martin Corporation Becomes a Corporate Sponsor with NAMWOLF
Lockheed Martin Corporation, an advanced technology company, was formed in 1995 with the merger of two of the world’s premier technology companies, Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin employs about 135,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.
The primary aim of the organization is to advocate for the utilization of minority and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities throughout the United States.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/4/prweb374080.htm   (387 words)

  
 Lockheed Corporation
A corporate ancestor of Lockheed Martin, the Lockheed Corporation aerospace company was formed in 1932 by the brothers Allan[?] and Malcom Loughhead[?], who had built their first plane in 1913.
The company has built both commercial and military aircraft.
In 1996, the company merged with the Martin Marietta Corporation[?] to form Lockheed Martin.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lo/Lockheed.html   (61 words)

  
 Lockheed Martin Corporation - Careers, Jobs and Hiring Information: Vault.com.
With company profiles, interviewing advice, message boards, job listings, career services and more, Vault is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting at Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Lockheed employees have "up-to-date equipment" and the "latest technology" at their fingertips.
One insider who has worked at various Lockheed locations notes that "there is a vast difference in corporate c......
www.vault.com /company/LockheedMartinCorporation.html   (146 words)

  
 Lockheed Corporation Information | Business.com
Lockheed Corporation is primarily involved in the research, development and production of aerospace products and systems.
Lockheed operates 40 manufacturing plants and research and development facilities throughout the United States.
SEP. 5 11:49 A.M. ET The contract, which will be administered by Sandia National Laboratories, calls for designing a 20-megawatt Smart Energy Matrix frequency regulation power plant.
www.business.com /directory/aerospace_and_defense/space/launch_vehicles_and_rockets/lockheed_corporation/profile   (217 words)

  
 Bribery in medicine: How drug authorities, Big Pharma pushers and other medical racket operators forfeit ethics for ...
Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is implicated in the Lockheed scandal and is arrested for accepting a 500 million-yen bribe.
He had to resign in 1974; and in 1976 he was charged with, and later found guilty of, accepting bribes from the Lockheed Corporation.
In 1975 it was revealed that Lockheed, an aircraft manufacturer, regularly made payments to influence peddlers, foreign politicians and foreign military leaders as part of its sales strategy in marketing its planes overseas.
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