Lockheed Martin Government Contracts

Lockheed Martin contracts with Department of Defense

Procurement footprint. Department of Defense is one of Lockheed Martin's major federal buying agencies. Understanding an agency's buying footprint means looking at three things: which offices inside the agency actually issue contracts, which NAICS codes those offices use most often when buying defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, and what the typical contract vehicle looks like (single-award vs multi-award IDIQ, BPA, direct award, or GSA Schedule task order). The agency profile page linked above tracks all three across the last four fiscal years.

Typical contract types. For defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, Department of Defense generally uses a mix of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), and Time-and-Materials (T&M) awards depending on the mission requirement. See the FFP glossary entry and CPFF glossary entry for how each contract type shifts risk between the government and the prime.

Finding current opportunities. Active solicitations from Department of Defense that could involve Lockheed Martin or its competitors appear on SAM.gov as the authoritative source. Use the agency profile linked above to filter by NAICS relevant to Lockheed Martin, then cross-reference against the awarded contract history to see which primes have historically won similar work.

Lockheed Martin contracts with Department of the Air Force

Procurement footprint. Department of the Air Force is one of Lockheed Martin's major federal buying agencies. Understanding an agency's buying footprint means looking at three things: which offices inside the agency actually issue contracts, which NAICS codes those offices use most often when buying defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, and what the typical contract vehicle looks like (single-award vs multi-award IDIQ, BPA, direct award, or GSA Schedule task order). The agency profile page linked above tracks all three across the last four fiscal years.

Typical contract types. For defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, Department of the Air Force generally uses a mix of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), and Time-and-Materials (T&M) awards depending on the mission requirement. See the FFP glossary entry and CPFF glossary entry for how each contract type shifts risk between the government and the prime.

Finding current opportunities. Active solicitations from Department of the Air Force that could involve Lockheed Martin or its competitors appear on SAM.gov as the authoritative source. Use the agency profile linked above to filter by NAICS relevant to Lockheed Martin, then cross-reference against the awarded contract history to see which primes have historically won similar work.

Lockheed Martin contracts with Department of the Navy

Procurement footprint. Department of the Navy is one of Lockheed Martin's major federal buying agencies. Understanding an agency's buying footprint means looking at three things: which offices inside the agency actually issue contracts, which NAICS codes those offices use most often when buying defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, and what the typical contract vehicle looks like (single-award vs multi-award IDIQ, BPA, direct award, or GSA Schedule task order). The agency profile page linked above tracks all three across the last four fiscal years.

Typical contract types. For defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, Department of the Navy generally uses a mix of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), and Time-and-Materials (T&M) awards depending on the mission requirement. See the FFP glossary entry and CPFF glossary entry for how each contract type shifts risk between the government and the prime.

Finding current opportunities. Active solicitations from Department of the Navy that could involve Lockheed Martin or its competitors appear on SAM.gov as the authoritative source. Use the agency profile linked above to filter by NAICS relevant to Lockheed Martin, then cross-reference against the awarded contract history to see which primes have historically won similar work.

Lockheed Martin contracts with NASA

Procurement footprint. NASA is one of Lockheed Martin's major federal buying agencies. Understanding an agency's buying footprint means looking at three things: which offices inside the agency actually issue contracts, which NAICS codes those offices use most often when buying defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, and what the typical contract vehicle looks like (single-award vs multi-award IDIQ, BPA, direct award, or GSA Schedule task order). The agency profile page linked above tracks all three across the last four fiscal years.

Typical contract types. For defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work, NASA generally uses a mix of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), and Time-and-Materials (T&M) awards depending on the mission requirement. See the FFP glossary entry and CPFF glossary entry for how each contract type shifts risk between the government and the prime.

Finding current opportunities. Active solicitations from NASA that could involve Lockheed Martin or its competitors appear on SAM.gov as the authoritative source. Use the agency profile linked above to filter by NAICS relevant to Lockheed Martin, then cross-reference against the awarded contract history to see which primes have historically won similar work.

NAICS 336414 — Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing

Industry definition. NAICS 336414 covers Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing. Federal agencies tag solicitations with a primary NAICS code to signal which industries are eligible to compete. Lockheed Martin maintains registration under this NAICS in SAM.gov, meaning solicitations tagged 336414 are within the firm's addressable market.

Competitive dynamics. Under NAICS 336414, the federal market includes large primes like Lockheed Martin, small-business set-aside primes for the set-aside portion of the solicitation queue, and integrator teams built around subcontract arrangements. The NAICS profile page linked above lists the top primes by obligation dollars, the top buying agencies within this NAICS, and the size-standard threshold that determines small-business eligibility under this code.

NAICS 336411 — Aircraft Manufacturing

Industry definition. NAICS 336411 covers Aircraft Manufacturing. Federal agencies tag solicitations with a primary NAICS code to signal which industries are eligible to compete. Lockheed Martin maintains registration under this NAICS in SAM.gov, meaning solicitations tagged 336411 are within the firm's addressable market.

Competitive dynamics. Under NAICS 336411, the federal market includes large primes like Lockheed Martin, small-business set-aside primes for the set-aside portion of the solicitation queue, and integrator teams built around subcontract arrangements. The NAICS profile page linked above lists the top primes by obligation dollars, the top buying agencies within this NAICS, and the size-standard threshold that determines small-business eligibility under this code.

NAICS 541330 — Engineering Services

Industry definition. NAICS 541330 covers Engineering Services. Federal agencies tag solicitations with a primary NAICS code to signal which industries are eligible to compete. Lockheed Martin maintains registration under this NAICS in SAM.gov, meaning solicitations tagged 541330 are within the firm's addressable market.

Competitive dynamics. Under NAICS 541330, the federal market includes large primes like Lockheed Martin, small-business set-aside primes for the set-aside portion of the solicitation queue, and integrator teams built around subcontract arrangements. The NAICS profile page linked above lists the top primes by obligation dollars, the top buying agencies within this NAICS, and the size-standard threshold that determines small-business eligibility under this code.

Related Federal Contractors

Compare Lockheed Martin with peer primes in the federal market — same buying-agency footprint, overlapping NAICS, or adjacent mission category:

• SAIC federal contracts
• Booz Allen Hamilton federal contracts
• Northrop Grumman federal contracts
• CACI International federal contracts
• General Dynamics federal contracts

How federal agencies buy from primes like Lockheed Martin

Federal agencies acquire defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work through a small number of vehicles: GSA Schedules, IDIQ and BPA orders, and direct award. Lockheed Martin typically receives work through agency-direct contracts and government-wide vehicles. See the IDIQ glossary entry and GSA Schedule for the contracting mechanics.

Set-aside posture and Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is a large prime, not a small-business set-aside vendor. That makes it the typical prime on full-and-open competitions, while subcontracting plans and small-business teaming agreements often route smaller firms into the work through Lockheed Martin. See the set-aside types reference for how the procurement pipeline routes defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems work to small vs. large primes.

Where Lockheed Martin contract data lives

Federal contract awards to Lockheed Martin are published on SAM.gov (opportunities + the awarded contract record), USAspending.gov (obligations + sub-award flows), and FPDS (the agency-side procurement reporting). Bureauify ingests all three. See the data sources page for refresh cadence and coverage.

Frequently searched Lockheed Martin contract queries

Common queries government contracting professionals run against Lockheed Martin on Bureauify. Each link opens the live federal search surface with the query pre-populated:

• Lockheed Martin active contracts
• Lockheed Martin recent awards
• Lockheed Martin subcontracting opportunities
• Lockheed Martin IDIQ vehicles
• Lockheed Martin GSA Schedule holdings
• Lockheed Martin classified contract work
• Lockheed Martin teaming partner opportunities
• Lockheed Martin small business set-aside subcontractors
• Lockheed Martin historical contract obligations
• Lockheed Martin incumbent recompete

Contract vehicles primes like Lockheed Martin typically hold

Understanding a prime's vehicle portfolio is critical to sizing addressable market and predicting recompete cycles. The vehicles below are the ones most commonly held by large defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems primes:

GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)

Government-wide indefinite-delivery vehicle for commercial products and services. Lockheed Martin typically holds MAS schedules that agencies can order against without a new competition.

GWAC (Government-Wide Acquisition Contract)

Multi-award IDIQ available to any federal agency. Large primes like Lockheed Martin often win prime positions on GWACs like Alliant, OASIS, and CIO-SP.

BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement)

Simplified acquisition mechanism for recurring needs. Once a BPA is established, individual call orders can be issued without full competition.

IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity)

Umbrella contract with a minimum and maximum dollar ceiling. Task orders are competed among IDIQ holders. Many of Lockheed Martin's largest contracts are IDIQ task-order awards.

DoD OTAs (Other Transaction Authorities)

Non-FAR alternative used by DoD for prototype and follow-on production work, particularly in R&D and rapid-fielding programs. Increasingly common in the defense innovation portfolio.

Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF)

Cost-reimbursement contract with a fixed fee. Common for R&D and engineering services where scope is uncertain at award time.

Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP)

Price set at award, contractor bears cost risk. Preferred by the government when requirements are well-defined and the risk profile allows.

Federal procurement glossary — key terms in Lockheed Martin's market

Reference glossary of federal contracting terms relevant to researching, tracking, or competing against a prime like Lockheed Martin. Each entry links to the full Bureauify glossary page for that term:

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulation — the primary regulation governing federal procurement.

DFARS

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement — DoD-specific supplement to the FAR.

DUNS / UEI

Unique Entity Identifier — the 12-character SAM.gov-issued identifier that replaced DUNS numbers in 2022.

CAGE Code

Commercial and Government Entity Code — DoD-issued identifier for entities that do business with the U.S. government.

CLIN

Contract Line Item Number — the mechanism by which contract deliverables and pricing are structured.

CPARS

Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System — the federal database of past performance ratings.

CDRL

Contract Data Requirements List — deliverables the contractor must provide during performance.

DPAS

Defense Priorities and Allocations System — priority rating that ensures materials for critical defense programs.

SBIR / STTR

Small Business Innovation Research / Technology Transfer — R&D funding programs open to small businesses.

FPDS

Federal Procurement Data System — the government-wide database of contract award data.

USAspending

USAspending.gov — the public-facing federal spending database including sub-award data.

SAM.gov

System for Award Management — authoritative source for federal solicitations, awarded contracts, and vendor registration.

Sources Sought

Pre-solicitation market research request. Federal agencies use these to gauge industry capability before drafting a solicitation.

RFI

Request for Information — non-binding pre-solicitation. Similar to sources sought but more structured.

RFP

Request for Proposal — the formal solicitation document requesting technical and price proposals.

BAA

Broad Agency Announcement — recurring R&D solicitation, common at DARPA, ONR, AFRL, and other research offices.

LPTA

Lowest Price Technically Acceptable — evaluation approach where the government selects the lowest-price offer that meets minimum technical requirements.

Best Value

Evaluation approach where technical merit is traded against price, with tradeoff explicitly considered in the source selection decision.

Sole Source

Award made without competition, justified by one of the FAR-authorized exceptions (unusual and compelling urgency, only responsible source, etc.).

Bridge Contract

Short-duration contract used to maintain continuity of service while a longer-term recompete is executed.

How to research Lockheed Martin contracts on Bureauify

A repeatable 5-step approach for capture managers, journalists, competitive intelligence analysts, and researchers digging into Lockheed Martin's federal contract portfolio:

1. Start with the buying agencies. Use the agency links above to see which agencies award most of Lockheed Martin's work. Agency concentration is the strongest predictor of recompete opportunities and BD forecasting.
2. Cross-reference NAICS. The NAICS profiles linked above show the size standard and the top-5 primes by obligation. Compare Lockheed Martin's position against direct peers by NAICS to see where they are the incumbent vs. the challenger.
3. Read active solicitations. Use the search links to view active opportunities tagged with vehicles and NAICS relevant to Lockheed Martin. The response deadlines tell you what's imminent; the ceiling values tell you the maximum contract size.
4. Trace obligations on USAspending. The data sources page links to USAspending.gov which shows fiscal-year-by-year obligation totals, sub-award flows, and prime/sub relationships. Useful for understanding how work flows from Lockheed Martin to smaller firms.
5. Check past performance. CPARS ratings (referenced above) provide the government's own evaluation of Lockheed Martin's past performance. Access to CPARS itself requires an agency account, but Bureauify surfaces indirect signals via contract renewal patterns and follow-on awards.

How to interpret Lockheed Martin contract totals

Obligations are not the same as revenue. When a federal contract is "obligated," the money is legally committed to the vendor over the contract's period of performance — but the vendor only recognizes revenue as work is delivered. Lockheed Martin's annual obligation total may span 3-5 fiscal years of delivered work. Comparing single-year obligations to single-year revenue leads to inflated apparent trends. The obligation glossary entry covers the accounting mechanics.

Prime vs sub obligations are counted separately. When Lockheed Martin is the prime on a contract, the full obligation shows up under Lockheed Martin. When Lockheed Martin is a subcontractor on someone else's prime contract, USAspending's sub-award data captures it — but that data is self-reported by primes and has known coverage gaps. Adding prime + sub to "total federal exposure" double-counts if the sub work is on a prime contract already counted.

Task order awards under IDIQ ceilings are the real signal. IDIQ contracts show a ceiling value at award (e.g. "$10B multi-year IDIQ"), but the ceiling is a maximum, not a guarantee. Actual work is issued as task orders competed among IDIQ holders. Lockheed Martin's IDIQ ceiling counts are ceiling-sums; the useful metric is task-order obligations executed against those ceilings.

Contract vehicles have overlapping accounting. A single work stream might flow through a GSA MAS BPA, be tracked in FPDS under the underlying MAS schedule, be reported in USAspending under the calling agency, and appear in the agency's own budget under a program element. Depending on which system you query, Lockheed Martin's presence in a specific mission area can look very different. The data sources page explains the reconciliation logic Bureauify applies across these overlapping systems.

Data freshness for Lockheed Martin's profile

Freshness varies by source. Understanding which source is authoritative for which claim matters when evaluating any prime contractor profile:

Vendor registration (UEI, CAGE, NAICS elected, size standard)

Source: SAM.gov Entity Registration API. Refresh: daily. Latency to Bureauify: <24 hours. This is the authoritative source for whether Lockheed Martin is currently registered to receive federal awards and what industries it has claimed.

Active solicitations targeting Lockheed Martin's market

Source: SAM.gov Opportunities API. Refresh: multiple times per day. Latency: 1-4 hours. Active opportunities matter for pipeline/BD; historical solicitations are useful for competitive intelligence and recompete analysis.

Award history and obligations

Source: USAspending.gov. Refresh: nightly. Latency: 24-48 hours. USAspending's obligation and sub-award data is the deepest historical view; some transactions take 30-90 days to appear from the initial contract award because of agency reporting lag.

FPDS procurement records

Source: FPDS (Federal Procurement Data System). Refresh: nightly. Latency: 24-72 hours from agency posting. FPDS records include the office-level attribution and set-aside coding that USAspending's higher-level view can lack.

Sub-award chains

Source: USAspending sub-award data (self-reported by primes). Refresh: nightly. Latency: 30-90 days from actual sub-award. Prime-to-sub work involving Lockheed Martin — either Lockheed Martin as prime routing work to smaller firms, or Lockheed Martin as sub to another prime — is the least-timely data on the page. Interpret with care.

Compliance and certifications relevant to Lockheed Martin's market

Large primes competing for federal work in defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems typically maintain a portfolio of compliance certifications that the government cross-checks at contract award. The specifics vary by contract, but the categories below are common:

• CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) — required for DoD contracts touching Controlled Unclassified Information. CMMC Level 2 is the target for most contracts involving CUI; CMMC Level 3 applies to a smaller set of high-sensitivity programs.
• FedRAMP — required for cloud service offerings sold to federal agencies. Moderate baseline is common for internal-use systems; High baseline is required for CJIS, IRS FTI, and other regulated data categories.
• ISO 9001 — quality management system certification common in aerospace, defense, and engineering services.
• AS9100 — aerospace-specific extension of ISO 9001. Standard requirement for airframe and space-vehicle work.
• CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) — process-maturity certification, particularly for software development contracts. CMMI-DEV Level 3 or Level 5 is a common source-selection factor.
• ISO 27001 — information security management system certification, referenced in many federal cybersecurity contract vehicles.
• Facility Security Clearance — DSS-issued clearance authorizing the facility to handle classified information. Prerequisite for classified contract work.
• ITAR registration — required for firms that export defense articles or services subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
• CAGE Code assignment — administrative identifier required for any entity that does business with the U.S. government. Assigned at SAM.gov registration.

Bureauify does not publish real-time certification status per contractor — certification records live with the certifying bodies (DIBCAC for CMMC, PMO FedRAMP for FedRAMP, ANAB for ISO, etc.). The list above is orientation for what to check when evaluating a prime's ability to compete on a specific contract.

Small-business teaming with Lockheed Martin

Large primes like Lockheed Martin routinely subcontract with small businesses to meet Subcontracting Plan commitments required by FAR 52.219-9. Understanding the teaming ecosystem is important for both sides of the market:

From the small business perspective. Approaching a prime like Lockheed Martin for a teaming agreement is a long process. Primes typically maintain a small-business liaison office (SBLO), publish an approved small-business supplier list, and evaluate potential teammates on past performance in the specific NAICS + agency combination. The Bureauify federal search surface lets you filter to solicitations where Lockheed Martin is the incumbent — those are the ones where subcontracting with Lockheed Martin makes strategic sense because Lockheed Martin needs small-business content in its recompete proposal.

From the prime perspective. Lockheed Martin's subcontracting plan needs to satisfy small-business goals across multiple socio-economic categories: small-business, small-disadvantaged, women-owned small business (WOSB), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), and 8(a). The subcontracting mix on any specific contract depends on which categories the contracting officer prioritizes in the Individual Subcontracting Plan.

Reporting. Lockheed Martin's subcontracting achievement is reported via the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS). eSRS data is publicly available with a lag; USAspending sub-award data is the derived public view.

Bid protest context for Lockheed Martin's awards

The federal bid protest system is a structured mechanism for challenging contract award decisions. It affects large primes like Lockheed Martin as both protester and awardee:

Forums. Three forums hear bid protests. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) hears most pre-award and post-award protests under a 100-day statutory decision timeline. The Court of Federal Claims (COFC) hears protests that can't be resolved at GAO, with longer timelines and broader remedies available. Agency-level protests are handled by the awarding agency and are typically faster but less commonly used.

Grounds. Common protest grounds include improper evaluation of technical proposals, unequal treatment of offerors, conflicts of interest not disclosed, misapplication of the source-selection criteria, and violations of the FAR. The bar for sustaining a protest is high — GAO's sustain rate hovers in the 10-20% range depending on the year.

Practical effect. A protest triggers an automatic stay of contract award under the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) — meaning agencies pause performance while the protest is heard. For high-visibility awards involving Lockheed Martin or its peers, the protest queue and CICA stay can add 90-120 days to the effective award date. Bureauify surfaces GAO protest decisions relevant to prime contractors on the federal search surface.

Recompete cycles for Lockheed Martin's core contracts

Federal contracts have finite periods of performance, after which the work is either extended, restructured, or recompeted. Understanding the recompete cycle is central to BD forecasting for a prime like Lockheed Martin:

Base + option structure. Most federal service contracts are structured as a base period (typically 1 year) plus 4 option years. If all options are exercised, the total contract runs 5 years. Lockheed Martin's current contract portfolio contains a mix of contracts at various points in this cycle — some in Year 1, some approaching the end of Option Year 4.

Recompete signals. The most predictive signal for a recompete is the appearance of a Sources Sought or RFI notice on SAM.gov, typically 12-18 months before the current contract's end date. These are market-research notices that let the government gauge industry capability before drafting a new solicitation. Bureauify's federal search surface is a way to monitor for these on Lockheed Martin's incumbent contracts.

Bridge contracts. When a recompete slips past the original contract's end date, the agency issues a bridge contract to maintain continuity. Bridge contracts are typically sole-source to the incumbent (Lockheed Martin in these cases) under a short-duration justification. The presence of bridge contracts on Lockheed Martin's obligation record is a signal that a major recompete is imminent.

Incumbent advantage. Incumbent primes have significant advantages in recompetes: existing security clearances, tenured technical staff, past-performance ratings on the specific work, and operational continuity. This is why incumbency captures ~65-75% of recompeted contracts industry-wide; the challenger's job is to identify the smaller share where the incumbent is vulnerable and focus resources there.

Federal contract award lifecycle — how Lockheed Martin contracts are structured

A federal contract award involving Lockheed Martin follows a lifecycle that spans 12-24 months from initial market research to signed award. Understanding each stage helps time market entry, competitive positioning, and recompete planning:

Stage 1 — Market research (Months -18 to -12 before award)

The contracting agency issues a Sources Sought notice or RFI to gauge industry capability. This is the earliest signal on SAM.gov that a contract is coming. Responses are non-binding but shape the eventual solicitation. For a prime like Lockheed Martin, responding to sources sought is standard capture practice — it signals interest, positions the firm's capabilities, and sometimes influences the requirements written into the solicitation.

Stage 2 — Draft solicitation (Months -12 to -6)

The contracting officer releases a draft RFP or PWS for industry comment. This is when technical requirements, evaluation criteria, and contract structure become visible. Lockheed Martin typically submits industry-day questions during this window that can clarify or reshape the eventual requirements. Bureauify surfaces draft solicitation notices on the federal search surface.

Stage 3 — Solicitation (Months -6 to -3)

The final RFP is posted. This defines the technical, management, past performance, and price/cost proposal requirements. Response times range from 30 days for smaller task orders to 90+ days for major system acquisitions. During this window, Lockheed Martin's capture team refines its win strategy, finalizes teaming agreements, and prepares the proposal response.

Stage 4 — Evaluation (Months -3 to -1)

The government's Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) evaluates proposals against the criteria in the RFP. For high-value contracts, evaluations can include oral presentations, technical demonstrations, and discussions with offerors in the competitive range. The evaluation ends with a Source Selection Decision Document (SSDD) memorializing the decision.

Stage 5 — Award and debrief (Month 0)

The Contracting Officer signs the award and notifies offerors. Unsuccessful offerors are entitled to a debrief explaining the government's evaluation of their proposal. This is the last opportunity to preserve the record for a potential bid protest. Lockheed Martin routinely provides debriefs when losing recompetes to sharpen positioning for the next opportunity.

Stage 6 — Performance and modifications

The awarded contract enters the period of performance. Contract modifications (mods) may increase scope, extend the period, add funding, or exercise option years. Lockheed Martin's modification history for major contracts is visible in USAspending's modification transactions, which show the running obligation total and the reason code for each mod.

Stage 7 — Close-out

At the end of the contract's period of performance, the contract goes through close-out: final invoices are reconciled, property is disposed, and the CPARS record is finalized. Close-out data feeds into Lockheed Martin's past-performance record for future competitions.

What analysts look for when researching Lockheed Martin

Whether you're a capture manager building a competitive intel deck, a journalist investigating a federal spending story, or a small firm evaluating Lockheed Martin as a teaming partner, the checklist below is the standard analytical framing:

• Agency concentration. What percentage of Lockheed Martin's obligations come from the top 3 buying agencies? High concentration signals mission alignment but also vulnerability to a single agency's budget changes.
• NAICS distribution. How diversified is Lockheed Martin across NAICS codes? Broad diversification signals platform capability; narrow concentration signals deep specialization in a mission area.
• Contract type mix. What is the ratio of FFP to cost-reimbursement to T&M contracts? Higher FFP mix signals commoditized delivery capability; higher cost-reimbursement mix signals R&D and complex program work.
• Small-business subcontracting achievement. Is Lockheed Martin hitting its small-business subcontracting goals? eSRS data is the public source; consistent under-achievement signals weakness in the subcontractor relationship management practice.
• Recompete win rate. When Lockheed Martin's incumbent contracts come up for recompete, does the firm retain them? Recompete retention is the strongest indicator of customer satisfaction and delivered value.
• Protest posture. Does Lockheed Martin protest awards it loses? Does the firm face protests when it wins? Protest history is public on the GAO decisions database and signals the firm's competitive posture.
• Contract vehicle portfolio. Which multi-award IDIQs and GWACs does Lockheed Martin hold? Vehicle portfolio is a strong indicator of near-term addressable revenue since task orders are competed among vehicle holders.
• Program churn. How often does Lockheed Martin announce material contract wins? News-flow density is a proxy for BD velocity — heavy wins signal a healthy pipeline; extended quiet periods signal a shift in mission or capability focus.
• Key personnel turnover. Federal contracts frequently name key personnel in the technical proposal. Departure of key personnel triggers a modification and re-evaluation. LinkedIn signals for named key personnel are a leading indicator of contract disruption risk.
• Geographic footprint. Where are Lockheed Martin's major performance locations? Federal contracts often name performance locations by facility; geographic clustering signals concentration of technical talent.

Federal fiscal-year context relevant to this profile

Federal contracting flow is dominated by the fiscal-year budget cycle. The U.S. government fiscal year runs October 1 through September 30, and contract awards, obligations, and BD activity follow a predictable annual rhythm that shapes how any prime contractor's federal footprint evolves:

Q1 (October-December) — new budget authority. The new fiscal year begins with fresh obligation authority. Agencies that operate under a Continuing Resolution (CR) — which is common — have limited flexibility to award new work; agencies operating under an enacted appropriation begin executing against the new plan. New program starts, major contract awards, and IDIQ ceiling awards concentrate later in the fiscal year once appropriations become certain.

Q2 (January-March) — steady state. Once appropriations settle, agencies work through their acquisition plans. Sources sought and RFI activity picks up. Contracting officers focus on solicitations that need to be awarded before September 30 to obligate expiring one-year money.

Q3 (April-June) — solicitation-heavy. RFPs concentrate in this window. Response times of 30-60 days push award decisions into Q4. Task orders under existing IDIQs are competed heavily to draw down IDIQ ceilings before year-end. Recompete activity for contracts ending in September also picks up.

Q4 (July-September) — award surge. The federal fiscal year-end drives an award surge as contracting officers work to obligate expiring appropriations. September 30 is the peak obligation day of the year. Bridge contracts, IDIQ task orders, and modifications that extend option years all cluster in this window. USAspending obligation curves show a clear September 30 spike that is not a data artifact — it's real end-of-year procurement behavior.

Continuing Resolution (CR) effects. When Congress cannot pass full-year appropriations by September 30, the government operates under a CR that continues prior-year funding at prior-year levels. Under a CR, agencies typically cannot start new programs, exercise new option years above prior-year levels, or award contracts that require new-start authority. Prime contractors with heavy new-program pipeline exposure feel CRs disproportionately; primes with steady incumbent recompete portfolios feel them less.

Sequestration and reprogramming. When budget caps require across-the-board reductions (sequestration) or when Congress reprograms funds mid-year, the impact on already-awarded contracts is typically stop-work orders, descoping modifications, or delayed option-year exercises. These are visible in USAspending as decremental modifications and in FPDS as modification transactions with specific reason codes.

Common questions about Lockheed Martin's federal contracts

How does Lockheed Martin appear in federal contract data? Lockheed Martin is registered in SAM.gov with a UEI and CAGE code that identify all federal awards to the firm. Contract obligations are reported via FPDS and appear on USAspending.gov. Bureauify unifies these three sources so a search for Lockheed Martin returns a single normalized view of the firm's federal presence.

Which federal agencies buy the most from Lockheed Martin? Lockheed Martin's top buying agencies are listed above with links to full agency profiles. Concentration in the top-3 buying agencies is typical for large primes in defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems.

What NAICS codes does Lockheed Martin bid under? Lockheed Martin maintains SAM.gov registration under the NAICS codes shown above, plus additional codes for narrower work streams. The size-standard threshold for each NAICS determines whether Lockheed Martin is eligible under a small-business set-aside — for a large prime like Lockheed Martin, the answer is typically no.

Is Lockheed Martin eligible for small-business set-asides? No. Lockheed Martin exceeds the size standard for the NAICS codes it competes in, making it ineligible to bid on small-business set-aside solicitations as the prime. Lockheed Martin routinely serves as a subcontractor on small-business primes' teams, but not as prime on set-asides.

How can I see Lockheed Martin's current contract obligations? Total obligations by fiscal year, agency breakdown, and modification history are published on USAspending.gov. Bureauify's federal search surface makes these available with contract-vehicle and NAICS filters applied.

How can I subcontract with Lockheed Martin? Approach Lockheed Martin's Small Business Liaison Office (SBLO) directly. Most large primes maintain a supplier registration portal where potential subcontractors can submit capability statements. Register with the specific NAICS codes Lockheed Martin needs coverage for, and target the specific contract vehicles where Lockheed Martin needs small-business content in its recompete proposal.

How does Bureauify keep this profile current? The static profile updates with every deploy; the application-layer view updates in near-real-time from SAM.gov, FPDS, and USAspending feeds. Data freshness commitments for each source are documented in the section above.

Can I cite this page in research or reporting? Yes — the underlying data comes from public federal records with authoritative sources cited throughout. When citing specific contract numbers or obligation totals, best practice is to also cite the underlying source (SAM.gov contract number, USAspending award ID, or FPDS transaction ID) so the record is traceable independently.

Related public-record surfaces

The broader Bureauify graph — reference surfaces you can pivot to from Lockheed Martin's profile:

• Federal agencies directory
• NAICS code explorer
• Set-aside types reference
• Federal procurement glossary
• Data sources + refresh cadence
• Federal contract search
• Lockheed Martin subcontracting search
• Lockheed Martin recompete search
• State-level federal spending
• defense, aerospace, missiles, space, and mission systems contract category

Where this Lockheed Martin profile draws from

Prime source. Lockheed Martin's federal profile is built from three authoritative feeds. SAM.gov provides vendor registration data (UEI, CAGE, address, NAICS codes claimed, size-standard elections, set-aside categories held) plus the authoritative record of active solicitations. Bureauify polls SAM.gov's public API for both surfaces on a rolling schedule.

Award history. USAspending.gov is the government-wide public database of contract obligations. Each obligation carries the awarding agency, the primary NAICS code, the contract type (FFP / CPFF / T&M / etc), the vehicle if applicable, and the sub-award chain. Lockheed Martin's obligation history and top buying agencies (linked in the sections above) come from this source.

Procurement data. FPDS — the Federal Procurement Data System — is the agency-side procurement reporting layer. FPDS records include the contracting office code, the competitive posture (full-and-open, small-business set-aside, sole-source justification), and the small-business classification. Bureauify uses FPDS to cross-check USAspending records and to fill in office-level attribution that USAspending's higher-level view can miss.

Refresh cadence. Vendor registration data refreshes daily; solicitation feeds refresh multiple times per day; obligation and award data refresh nightly. Specific refresh timing per data source is documented on the Bureauify data sources page.

About this Lockheed Martin static profile

What this page is. This is the static reference profile for Lockheed Martin — designed to be readable, linkable, and citation-quality without depending on the application's dynamic layer. It is intentionally a hub of internal links rather than a live dashboard. Live opportunity counts, obligation totals, and intelligence overlays require sign-in to the application, which serves Lockheed Martin's real-time contract profile at the same URL.

How this page is built. Bureauify generates a static snapshot per prime as part of every deploy. The snapshot is written to S3 and served via CloudFront to any crawler or unauthenticated visitor. Signed-in users hit the application layer, which fetches fresh contract intelligence from the same underlying data feeds. Both experiences share this URL — the static reference stays fresh with each deploy; the application layer stays fresh in real-time.

Correcting the record. Publicly-available federal contract data occasionally contains typos, mis-coded NAICS assignments, or agency-name normalization drift. Bureauify normalizes agency names against a canonical mapping and de-duplicates records by CAGE + UEI. If you spot data on this profile that appears wrong, the underlying record ID is available in the application's contract-detail view — flag it there and the correction propagates to the source-verification queue.