1995 Annual Report - Lockheed Martin

CalComp, a Lockheed Martin company, had a successful year in 1995 focusing onGraphics Arts applications, including color inkjet printing and a 4 x 5-inch input tablet, andrestructured its global distribution channels. Lockheed Martin Commercial Electronicscontinued its outstanding record of high quality electronic manufacturing services for itsdiverse set of customers in the computer and telecommunications industries.Underlying the Sectors growth businesses is a solid core of NASA programs. TheCorporation's effort to achieve 100 percent mission success has been a key to sustaining our rolewith this important customer. In 1995, that commitment to mission success was demonstratedby seven successful Space Shuttle launches, including two historic linkups with the RussianMir space station. Lockheed Martin Space Operations performs all ground processing operationsfrom Shuttle landing through launch, as well as solid rocket booster retrieval and launchfacility maintenance.NASA has announced its intention to negotiate on a sole-source basis a contract for itsSpace Flight Operations with the United Space Alliance (USA), a joint venture between LockheedMartin and Rockwell International. USA was formed to provide NASA and its Space Shuttleprogram reduced costs through streamlined operations while maintaining dedication to safetyand mission success.Lockheed Martin Manned Space Systems continues to develop the Super Light WeightTank (SLWT) for the Space Shuttle's scheduled December 1997 launch. Employing a newLockheed Martin-developed aluminum-lithium alloy, which is both lighter and significantlystronger than the aluminum currently in use, SLWT will increase the Shuttle's payload capacityby 34 percent for the orbit needed to support the International Space Station program.In addition, Services Group provides a wide range of support to NASA, including development,integration and operation of life sciences experiments at Johnson Space Center andAmes Research Center, satellite control at Goddard Space Flight Center and research and technologysupport at Langley Research Center.Products and services provided to the Department of Defense are broad and diverse.In 1995, the Sector also won the U.S. Army Global Command and Control System contract tointegrate three existing systems and link the Army with the Joint Staff; won the U.S. Air ForceNetwork Support Program for tracking military satellites; contracted for continued production ofthe U.S. Navy's Consolidated Automated Support System for avionics test equipment; and signedan extension to our contract supporting the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered fleet at the KnollsAtomic Power Laboratory.These important awards augment a substantial business portfolio providing for design,development, training, operation and maintenance of complex information systems for theDefense Department. As modernization and privatization continue, Defense Department salesare expected to be stable.