Our Economic Impact

As the leading U.S. aerospace and defense company, Lockheed Martin has four industry-leading business areas, 100,000 employees, and 400+ facilities in 52 countries. Roughly 90% of our employees are U.S.-based, as are 93% of our 16,000 suppliers, making Lockheed Martin a proud driver of broad-based economic development and opportunity in America.

Investing in the Workforce

Lockheed Martin actively supports more than 30 education and training programs designed to skill workers for long-standing careers in aerospace and defense.

Our programs span the talent pipeline – from college-bound students to employees interested in upskilling, as well as those interested in entering vocational trades and those displaced by technological advancement.

Inspiring and
Hiring Students

More than half of college students abandon science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) majors before graduation. While
this is on par with the percentage of all students who elect to change
their majors prior to graduation, it’s a sobering statistic for
the aerospace and defense industry which is facing increased
competition to attract and retain new talent. That’s why
Lockheed Martin is partnering with local schools and
organizations like Project Lead The Way to create high school
and college internships that inspire students to stay on the
academic path to rewarding careers in STEM.

Preparing Employees
for the Future of Work

With our customer’s mission in focus, we’re preparing our workforce to
be successful in a more connected, digitally-enabled organization and
investing in employees to close high-tech skills gaps in emerging fields
like artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, advanced
electronics and data analytics.