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Lockheed Martin
Defence contracting as a multi-decade strategic relationship.
Latest filing on file · 2025-12-31
Overview
Business model and origins
Turn frontier aerospace engineering into mission-critical systems whose customer relationship lasts for decades.
1 episode2023-05 case file as of
Origin
The modern company combines two aviation lineages: the Lockheed brothers' aircraft business and Glenn Martin's aircraft company. Their 1995 merger created Lockheed Martin, while the Skunk Works operating model preserved a small-team path for unusually hard programs.