- Headquarters
- Bethesda, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Systems integration(Systems & services)
- What that means
- Joins products into systems and delivers programmes: defence and aerospace primes, system integrators, EPC contractors.
- Founded
- 1995
- Staff
- 121,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- NYSE:LMT on Google Finance
- Website
- lockheedmartin.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Directed Energy Technologies
Bethesda, United StatesIn 7 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Directed Energy TechnologiesVery high
Energy Technologies · Integration · listed #1 of 50
Builds the US Army's 300 kW-class IFPC-HEL and the Navy's 60 kW HELIOS shipboard laser, using spectral beam combining of fiber lasers.
Relevance: Builds the leading US Army and Navy high-energy lasers.
- Radar & Radiofrequency SensingVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #2 of 50
Makes the Aegis AN/SPY-1 and AN/SPY-7 solid-state radars, the TPY-4 ground surveillance radar and the Long Range Discrimination Radar for US missile defence.
Relevance: Aegis SPY-1 and SPY-7 radars; major global radar prime
- Acoustic & Undersea SensingVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Integration · listed #2 of 50
Prime for the US Navy AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 surface ASW combat system and submarine acoustic systems, and agreed in July 2026 to buy sonar maker Ultra Maritime for $3.45bn.
Relevance: Prime for US Navy surface ASW combat system
Space Technologies · Integration · listed #4 of 50
Prime contractor on US hypersonic programmes including ARRW, Conventional Prompt Strike/LRHW glide bodies, and Skunk Works' high-speed aircraft research.
Relevance: Prime on US hypersonic weapons programmes
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #5 of 50
Builds GPS III, Next-Gen OPIR missile-warning satellites and SDA Transport/Tracking Layer spacecraft on its LM 400/2100 buses, and bought smallsat maker Terran Orbital in 2024.
Relevance: Builds GPS III, missile-warning and SDA satellites
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Integration · listed #14 of 50
Its Skunk Works develops crewed-uncrewed teaming and the RQ-170 Sentinel, and it offers the Stalker and Indago small UAS.
Relevance: Skunk Works teaming and stealth uncrewed programmes
- Precision Timing & Atomic ClocksModerate
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Integration · listed #16 of 50
Prime contractor for GPS III/IIIF satellites, which carry the US atomic-clock time base that delivers GPS time worldwide.
Relevance: GPS III satellite prime; clocks themselves come from suppliers