TITUSVILLE, Fla., July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Today Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) celebrated the move
of the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Headquarters from Sunnyvale, California to Florida's Space Coast during an official
flag-raising event. Establishing this new site is one milestone in
the larger move of more than 300 jobs to the Space Coast area,
expanding Lockheed Martin's already significant presence.
Titusville was selected as the
FBM Headquarters to house this critical mission. It allows for
continued partnership with the Navy and a solid foundation for the
next chapters of the program.
"We are thrilled and grateful to call Titusville our new home," said Sarah Hiza, vice president for Fleet Ballistic
Missile programs at Lockheed Martin Space. "This region plays a
prominent role in the defense industry. I am very proud to
represent our program headquarters in this community and continue
to provide the highest level of support to our Navy customer. What
they do for our nation is critical, and we deeply appreciate the
men and women who serve."
Many distinguished guests joined Rick
Ambrose, executive vice president for Lockheed Martin Space,
and Scott Keller, vice president and
general manager for Strategic and Missile Defense Systems, to
recognize this milestone. They included Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe, director Navy Strategic Systems
Programs, Florida Senator
Tom Wright, Congressmen Thad Altman, Tyler
Sirois and Randy Fine, and
Lynda Weatherman, president and CEO
of the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast.
For more than 60 years, Lockheed Martin has contributed to the
FBM program with the US Navy.
In 2017, the FBM program announced portions of the program would
relocate from Sunnyvale,
California to other locations to include Colorado.
Lockheed Martin has developed, built and sustained six
generations of submarine-launched ballistic missiles under the FBM
program. The current generation of missiles, designated Trident II
D5, are carried aboard the US Navy's Ohio-class submarines and make
up the sea-based leg of the nation's nuclear triad. They are also
carried aboard the United
Kingdom's Vanguard-class submarine as their nation's sole
nuclear deterrent.
For additional information, visit our website:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/FBM
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda,
Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that employs approximately 105,000 people worldwide and is
principally engaged in the research, design, development,
manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology
systems, products and services.
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