Lockheed Martin

Public companyFounded 1995Bethesda, Maryland, USA
lockheedmartin.com
122kEmployees
6Active missions
≈ $136 billionMarket cap2026-08-19

Lockheed Martin is a publicly traded American aerospace, defence and security company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed and Martin Marietta. Its Space division is the prime contractor for many of NASA's planetary spacecraft, including the Juno orbiter, MAVEN, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, OSIRIS-REx and the Orion crew capsule's structure. Lockheed builds the aeroshells that deliver Mars rovers through entry and descent, and it co-owns United Launch Alliance with Boeing. The company is one of the largest US defence contractors by revenue, trades on the NYSE as LMT, and discloses its financials in SEC filings.

FoundedMarch 15, 1995
HeadquartersBethesda, Maryland, USA
Employees~122,0002025 · Lockheed Martin 10-K
TypePublic company
TickerLMT
SEC CIK0000936468
WikidataQ47042

Current operations

Operating or building 6 active missions — including Perseverance, MAVEN, Curiosity.

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