1995 Annual Report - Lockheed Martin

The Rimfire highvoltage switch,shown left, controlsmore than 5 millionvolts for theParticle Beam FusionAccelerator (PBFA) IIat Sandia NationalLaboratories. PBFAis made up of36 modules, eachproducing a powerfulpulse of energy.Rimfire switchessynchronize thosepulses to within10 billionths of asecond.In 1995, the Department of Energy approved the resumption of nuclear materials receipt,storage and shipment operations at Oak Ridge's Y-12 plant. This was the culmination of a comprehensivereview and revamping of operations and procedures by the government and LockheedMartin over the past year. The assessment involved critical surveys of every aspect of operationsin the program as the nation's nuclear materials stewardship transitions from the Cold War.Lockheed Martin's Energy & Environment Sector also manages the Idaho NationalEngineering Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, both of which are in the forefrontof military and civil research, as well as technology development for possible transfer to theprivate sector.In 1995, Sandia offered a revolutionary automobile airbag design — the result of a businessgovernmentpartnership that permits Department of Energy laboratories to commercializecertain technologies. Currently, the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory is working on aneutron cancer treatment program. Lockheed Martin Specialty Components is the managementand operating contractor for the Department of Energy's Pinellas Plant. For more than 40 years,the plant's Energy Department mission was to manufacture components for nuclear weapons. Thedefense production mission was successfully completed, and the mission now is environmentalmanagement and restoration of the facility.Concurrently, Specialty Components is using the facility, technology, equipment andpersonnel, once used solely for defense activities, to develop a commercial business.Specialty Components' service centers, developed around core technologies, offer extensivelaboratory and technical consulting to local businesses. Technology transfer funding and othergrant programs provided by the Department of Energy have enabled many local, small businessesto take advantage of the plant's resources for product design and/or manufacturing.As the single largest provider of services to the Department of Energy, Lockheed Martin isfocused on maintaining high quality operations, providing rapid response when corrective actionsare needed and carrying out the laboratories' challenging missions.This year, the Energy & Environment Sector is expected to implement the "system oflaboratories" concept among the three national laboratories operated by Lockheed Martin. Theconcept is designed to enhance the interchange of information and skills among sites and across29