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Advanced Research and Development and Other
We are involved in advanced development programs incorporating innovative design and rapid prototype applications.
Our Advanced Development Programs (ADP) organization, known as the Skunk Works, is focused on future systems
including next generation capabilities for both long-range strike and air mobility. We continue to explore technology
advancement and insertion in existing aircraft, such as the F-35, F-22, F-16 and C-130. We also are involved in numerous
network enabled activities that allow separate systems to work together to increase effectiveness and continue to invest in
new technologies to maintain and enhance competitiveness in military aircraft design and development.
We have made unmanned air systems one focus of our ADP efforts, and are developing the operational concepts and
enabling technologies to provide these assets to the DoD in a cost effective manner. In 2008, the Skunk Works was presented
a 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation award by President George W. Bush for its inventiveness and
contributions to the aerospace industry throughout its 65-year history.
Global Sustainment
The Global Sustainment enterprise objective is to ensure mission success throughout the life-cycle of Lockheed Martin
aircraft. We provide a full range of logistics support, sustaining engineering, aviation upgrades, modifications, and
maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for all of our lines of aircraft, including the F-35, the F-22, the F-16, the C-130, the
C-5, the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft and the U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. As the original
equipment manufacturer for numerous platforms, we are focused on expanding our global sustainment services, an
increasingly important portion of the Aeronautics business.
We have developed the Autonomic Logistics and Global Sustainment (ALGS) solution for the F-35 Lightning II
focused on performance-based logistics, to provide an affordable total air system life-cycle sustainment solution for the
aircraft’s multiple variants and worldwide customer base.
Our support of the F-22 continues to receive accolades from our DoD customer, winning the Contractor-Military
Collaboration of the Year award for F-22 Sustainment at the Defense Logistics 2008 Conference in December and the 2008
Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) System Level award from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics, at the Aerospace Industries Association Fall Product Support Conference in September. Under the Follow-on
Agile Sustainment for the Raptor (FASTeR) program, the DoD approved a plan for Lockheed Martin to perform as the
product support integrator under a sole source 10-year performance based sustainment acquisition. The contract was awarded
in February 2008; the 2009 FASTeR contract option was exercised by the U.S. Air Force in December 2008.
Under the Falcon 2020 program, we provide U.S. and international F-16 operators with avionics and structural upgrade
kits to enable those customers to keep their fleets viable for the future. We also provide engineering services, technical
publications, maintenance, supply chain support, and field support including support of military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
In Air Mobility, we continue as a key member of the C-130 Hercules team, which includes Rolls Royce and Marshall
Aerospace, and which was awarded the Hercules Integrated Operational Support (HIOS) contract for the long-term support
of the United Kingdom’s fleet of C-130 aircraft. We continue our partnering agreement, signed in 2007, for the long-term
support of Italy’s C-130J fleet. We also offer center wing box modifications and avionics upgrades to customers who fly
legacy versions of the Hercules in addition to the support and partnerships provided to sustain our newest tactical aircraft.
We are partnered with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in the sustainment of C-130J aircraft under a long term
sustainment program which has received high marks for its success. Sustainment activities for the C-5 Galaxy include the
AMP and RERP modernization efforts previously discussed.
We have developed an aircraft service life extension program, including the production of new wings, for the existing
fleet of P-3 aircraft, and are continuing work on the P-3 service life extension program for the Royal Norwegian Air Force
which began in February 2007. In 2008, we received a contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency to
provide new wing kits for up to 14 aircraft and an award from the U.S. Navy to provide 13 sets of new production outer
wings for its P-3 fleet. In November 2008, the Government of Canada awarded us the Aurora Service Life Extension
Program contract for 10 CP-140 (P-3) life extension kits and installation support. The life extension kits are designed to add
an estimated 20 to 25 additional years of service to this critical maritime patrol and reconnaissance resource.
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