Lockheed Martin plans to close its flight service station at Columbia's airport along with six others across the nation, but the company says the consolidation will not affect service to pilots.

Demonstrating the increase in the C-130J build and delivery rate, Lockheed Martin simultaneously delivered two C-130Js on Nov. 19 to two different customers - a C-130J to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a KC-130J to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Cal Poly is the second-best university in the nation at preparing students for aerospace jobs, according to a survey by a popular aviation magazine. The Aviation Week and Space Technology 2009 Workforce Study gathered feedback from 43 members of the Aerospace Industries Association in a report that ranked Cal Poly second along with Penn State University and Purdue University.

MUMBAI, India -- NASSCOM, the trade association for India's $60-billion IT industry, plans to seek government help to ensure technology transfer from global defence majors for execution of offset contracts by Indian companies. Under the offset clause, overseas suppliers that win these contracts are under obligation to do business worth 30 percent the contract value locally.

In the wake of the shooting tragedy at Fort Hood, the families of those affected are receiving much needed help through generous donations to Operation Homefront, a national non-profit organization that assists soldiers and their families. "These donations are a blessing to these families," said Jim Knotts, President and CEO of Operation Homefront.

The U.S. Census Bureau today opened its last of three data capture centers that will process 2010 Census questionnaires as they are mailed back by households across the nation next spring.

Lockheed Martin and U.S. Customs & Border Protection officials marked the delivery of the first CBP set of new production P-3 Orion wings from the company's Marietta, Ga., production facility today. The new production wings are the cornerstone of the Aircraft Service Life Extension Program which provides an industry-unique solution in keeping the world's P-3 fleets operational.

The U.S. Census Bureau and Lockheed Martin today unveiled two new facilities in Phoenix, Ariz., to support the data capture efforts required for the 2010 Census.

A radiation-resistant version of NRAM carbon-nanotube-based memory, developed jointly by Lockheed Martin and Nantero, was tested on a recent Space Shuttle mission.