Under the direction of Maria Demaree, the company is establishing a new national security space sector.
To enhance effectiveness in delivering customer missions, support growth and innovation, and collaborate with customers, suppliers, and partners, Lockheed Martin‘s Space business area has announced upcoming changes. The realignment follows the recent establishment of Lockheed Martin Spaces Ignite organisation, a hub for rapid capability development.
Commenting on the development, Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space, said: With an eye toward the future and building on our current business momentum, these changes position us to deliver end-to-end solutions for todays mission demands and well into the future. Im both excited about this next chapter and confident in our teams ability to unlock new and enhanced impact for our customers.
Lockheed Martin Space will transition from five lines of business to three, better enabling the business to deliver 21st Century Security capabilities and pursue innovation, exploration and discovery missions.
Commercial Civil Space will continue to include scientific discovery and exploration missions, while focusing on space infrastructure development.
National Security Space will be a new line of business that incorporates classified and defence portfolios, aligning programmes that support military space, mission solutions and special programmes customers.
Strategic and Missile Defense Systems will continue to include strategic deterrence, missile defence and hypersonic programmes.
This new National Security Space team will be led by Vice President and General Manager Maria Demaree, who holds a record leading Lockheed Martin Spaces classified and defence portfolio and brings companywide experience across domains and customer missions.
During this transition, Johnathon Caldwell, vice president and general manager of Military Space, and Stacy Kubicek, vice president and general manager of Mission Solutions, will remain in their current roles and serve as strategic advisors working closely with Demaree on the creation and shaping of the new National Security Space organization.
Lockheed Martin Space will also stand up a Product Center focused on driving the affordability and marketability of Lockheed Martin Space products for internal and external customers. It will be led by Mike Patton, who previously ran Lockheed Martin Space Operations and brings a career in production expertise from GE.
Lockheed Martin Space will transition into this new organisational alignment over the coming months.
