For prime contractor Lockheed Martin a company with which I have a long association the Japanese F-35 decision comes at a critical moment.
Last year, for example, Lockheed Martin, the aerospace company, announced BlackCloud, a secure turnkey private cloud solution for government agencies designed to minimize risk while addressing compliance and mission requirements.
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Lockheed Martin is hardly the only company with its eyes on that price.
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With Lockheed Martin and Europe's biggest space company, Astrium, also involved - the consortium had appeared to be a strong contender for CCiCap support.
The company numbers Boeing, Airbus and Lockheed Martin among its customers of propulsion-system components and aerostructures--such items as engine housings and fuselage parts.
But the company for which this realignment holds most hope is Lockheed Martin.
Boeing, the largest U.S. aerospace company by market cap, competes with companies like Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics.
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The company also competes in the defense segment with large defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grummann and BAE Systems.
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In an enterprise like Lockheed Martin, the interests of thousands of shareholders and stakeholders depend on installing leaders who keep the company profitable and competitive.
The company goes through the more traditional route of getting its software out through big partners: Lockheed Martin (nyse: LMT - news - people ), Northrop Grumman (nyse: NOC - news - people ), Accenture (nyse: ACN - news - people ) and the like.
"Due to the nature of our business and dynamics in program requirements, Lockheed Martin's workforce may expand and contract at various times throughout the year, " says Jeffery Adams, that company's director of news and information.
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