An American aerospace and defense manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. Martin Marietta built the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Mars landers; the merged company later built the Orion crew spacecraft for NASA's Artemis program.
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Agency TypePrivate aerospace company 1 Founded YearFormed by the 1995 merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. Martin Marietta's own predecessor work, including the Viking Mars landers (1975-1976), predates the merged company's own founding by two decades. HeadquartersNorth Bethesda, Maryland, United States 1 HeadJames Taiclet (chair, president and CEO). 1 Annual BudgetUS$75.05 billion in revenue for 2025 (a public company; figure is revenue, not a government budget). 1 Connections
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Ross worked at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and its Skunk Works division from 1942 into the 1970s, predating the 1995 Lockheed Martin merger by decades; the predecessor company's own work is captured here against the surviving successor entity, per the atlas's predecessor-institution convention.
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Viking 1, Spacecraft Viking 1 was built by Martin Marietta, which merged into Lockheed Martin in 1995; a predecessor-institution fact per the atlas's own voice convention.
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Wikimedia Foundation- Agency Type: Private aerospace company
- Founded Year: 1995
- Headquarters: North Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Head: James Taiclet (chair, president and CEO).
- Annual Budget: US$75.05 billion in revenue for 2025 (a public company; figure is revenue, not a government budget).
2. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 agency list
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Agency 82: Lockheed Martin, launchers fieldQuote, Agency 82: Lockheed Martin, launchers field
"launchers": "Titan | Agena"
Lockheed Martin (Wikipedia)
Lockheed Martin, lead section
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American defense and aerospace manufacturer
Lockheed Martin, history section
The deal was finalized on March 15, 1995, when the two companies' shareholders approved the merger.
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March 15, 1995
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Merger talks between Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta began in March 1994, with the companies announcing their $10 billion planned merger on August 30, 1994.
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On March 16, 2020, Lockheed announced that CEO Marillyn Hewson would become executive chair and be succeeded as CEO by James Taiclet on June 15; Taiclet was at the time the head of American Tower, and had previously been the president of Honeywell Aerospace and before that a VP at United Technologies.
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The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American defense and aerospace manufacturer.
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