BETHESDA, Md., May, 3, 2012 - The United Service
Organizations (USO) recently honored Marillyn A.
Hewson, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin's
[NYSE: LMT] Electronic Systems business area, with its 2012
Woman of the Year Award for non-military leaders.
At a May 1 event hosted by the USO of Metropolitan New
York, Hewson was joined by General Ann E. Dunwoody, the
first woman four-star general in the U.S. military, who
received the USO's Woman of the Year Award for military
women.
The award recognizes women, both civilian and military, who
have provided important support for our military. In
addition to Hewson and General Dunwoody, the USO honored
one female service member from each of the branches of the
armed forces with its Military Leadership Award.
"Marillyn is the perfect embodiment of the ideals behind
our USO Woman of the Year award," stated Brian Whiting, CEO
and president, USO of Metropolitan New York. "In addition
to being one of the most influential women in business, she
and the more than 123,000 Lockheed Martin employees have a
long and outstanding history of partnering with the
USO."
"On behalf of my fellow employees at Lockheed Martin, I
want to thank the USO for all the ways they lift the lives
of our troops and their families," said Hewson. "It is my
honor to work for a company whose mission is to support our
men and women in uniform, and to partner with organizations
like the USO, who make performing that mission less
burdensome."
Hewson was recently elected by Lockheed Martin's Board of
Directors as the Corporation's next President and Chief
Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2013.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global
security and aerospace company that employs about 123,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services. The Corporation's net sales for 2011 were
$46.5 billion.
Lockheed Martin Corporation specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of aeronautic, submarine, and aerospace systems. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of aeronautic systems (40.7%): military and civilian aircraft, primarily for government organizations;
- sale of helicopters, mission and electronic systems (24%): military and commercial helicopters, ships, sea and land-based missile defense systems, radars, sensors, sea and air-based mission and combat systems, training systems, cyber solutions, command, control and communication systems, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, simulation and training systems, etc.;
- sales of aerospace systems (18.7%): satellite systems, missile systems and space transport systems;
- sale of air defense and fire control systems (16.6%): air and missile defense systems, tactical missiles, precision strike weapons systems, fire control systems, etc. The group also offers support services for mission operations, preparation, technical support, integration services, etc.
Net sales break down by source of income into sales of products (83.3%) and services (16.7%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (74.3%), Europe (9.5%), Asia/Pacific (8.3%), Middle East (5.8%) and other (2.1%).