Lockheed Martin to Release Social Media Tool as Open Source Software

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)
announced today that it will release a proprietary social media tool under an
open source software license. The announcement, made at the Enterprise 2.0
conference in Boston, is the first of its kind for Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin has been developing proprietary social media technology to
facilitate interaction between employees to create and share secure content
using blogs and wikis. As a result, Lockheed Martin has become a leader of
this technology in the aerospace and defense industry.

"Lockheed Martin has placed an emphasis on social media adoption by finding
innovative ways to integrate a social dimension into our existing process and
tools while reducing total cost of ownership," says Linda Gooden, Executive
Vice President for Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Services
business area. "We are excited to now share our investment back to the open
source community to help other organizations meet their knowledge sharing
challenges."

The proprietary social media tool that will be released under an open source
license enables employees to consume, share, and discuss information from
internal and external sources.

This tool provides a personalized experience for employees and enhances their
ability to track and share information in an increasingly virtual work
environment. Lockheed Martin will release the source code under an open source
license and will allow interested parties to download, modify, and contribute
to the open source project.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company
that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported
2008 sales of $42.7 billion.

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SOURCE Lockheed Martin

Keith Mordoff, +1-301-240-5706, keith.mordoff@lmco.com, or Mary Phillips,
+1-301-240-5488, mary.phillips@lmco.com, both of Lockheed Martin