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Lockheed Martin

Also Known As Lockheed Martin Corporation
Legacy Aerospace and Defense Conglomerates

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.

Facts
Agency Type
Private aerospace company 1
Founded Year
1995 1
Formed 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.
Headquarters
North Bethesda, Maryland, United States 1
Head
James Taiclet (chair, president and CEO). 1
Annual Budget
US$75.05 billion in revenue for 2025 (a public company; figure is revenue, not a government budget). 1
Connections

Associated With

Mary Golda Ross, Pioneers

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.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Mary Golda Ross (Wikipedia)Mary Golda Ross, Career section
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.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Lockheed Martin (Wikipedia)Lockheed Martin, History section

Operates

Titan IV, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
In the Other Atlases

Located In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lockheed Martin, history section
    The deal was finalized on March 15, 1995, when the two companies' shareholders approved the merger.
  • Lockheed Martin, infobox
    Founded: March 15, 1995 | Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland (North Bethesda), United States | Type: Public company
  • Lockheed Martin, infobox (revenue field)
    US$75.05 billion (2025)
  • Lockheed Martin, infobox (key_people field)
    James Taiclet (chair, president & CEO)
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Lockheed Martin (Wikipedia)
  • Lockheed Martin, lead section
    The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American defense and aerospace manufacturer
  • Associated With: Viking 1, Lockheed Martin, History section
  • In Group: United States Aerospace and Defense Companies, Lead sentence
    The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American defense and aerospace manufacturer.
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
Operates: Titan IV
Mary Golda Ross (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Mary Golda Ross, Mary Golda Ross, Career sectionView the Source
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