Introduction The giant Lockheed Martin is one of the world's largest defense, security, and aerospace companies. It provides a broad range of high technology products and services to customers in more than 100 countries. The company's name is derived from Lockheed (a maker of aircraft), Marin (a maker of missiles), and Martin (an industrialist). Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is the world's largest aeronautical company. The company was founded in 1916, when the Wright brothers designed and built their first airplane at the behest of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has produced more than 30,000 aircraft for customers around the world since then, including jet fighter planes, transport airplanes and helicopters for military use as well as commercial a...