Lockheed Martin Honored for Enhancing Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

    ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 18 /EMWNews/ -- The Association for Persons in

Supported Employment (APSE) selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for the

association's 2008 Employer Hall of Fame at APSE's recent national

conference. Each year, APSE recognizes employers who enhance employment

opportunities for persons with disabilities.



    Lockheed Martin was nominated for this honor by Maryland Works, Inc.

The nomination cited Lockheed Martin's longstanding relationship with

Humanim and Maryland Works. Both agencies help find employment for people

with disabilities or from disadvantaged sectors of society.



    For more than 10 years, Lockheed Martin's Baltimore, MD distribution

center, which stores and ships health information publications to the

general public, has worked with Humanim to actively and fully include

individuals with disabilities as a part of their workforce. Lockheed Martin

was previously recognized as Employer of the Year at Maryland Works' 1st

Annual Employment Awards Luncheon on January 24, 2008.



    Andrew McMahon, the distribution center manager, and Cynthia Cadden,

senior program manager, accepted the award in Louisville, Ky., on behalf of

Lockheed Martin. "It is a great honor to be selected for APSE's Employer

Hall of Fame," said McMahon. "At Lockheed Martin, we embrace diversity and

value the contributions of all of our employees because we recognize that

our success depends on the talent, skills and expertise of our people --

especially those from different backgrounds."



    Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000

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 2007

sales of $41.9 billion.



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