COMPANIES · SPACE INFRA
Lockheed Martin
The largest US defense contractor, building military aircraft such as the F-35, missiles and missile-defense systems, helicopters, and satellites and space systems.
The largest US defense contractor, building military aircraft such as the F-35, missiles and missile-defense systems, helicopters, and satellites and space systems.
AI is not its primary economic driver; its 2025 annual report describes integrating commercial AI and partnering with tech companies including NVIDIA and Meta. It is on the map as a defense prime held by the QTUM ETF, as 50% co-founder of ULA, and through quantum-computing collaborations.
Mostly sells and supports aircraft, missiles and space systems under contracts with the US government and allied governments; the F-35 program alone was 27% of 2025 sales.
United States (Bethesda, Maryland)
Space and next-generation infrastructure. Launch providers, satellite builders and operators, ground networks and the first attempts at running computing in orbit. Most of these companies have no AI business today; they are on this map because of what they carry, connect or build for the companies that do. Open the space lens.
Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification; that alone does not establish direct competition.
Connections (8)
Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.
Current relationships (4)
Source: 2025-09-03 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: Does not establish the joint venture's ownership split, how contract revenue is divided, or delivery timing.
US Army Awards the Javelin Joint Venture $900.5M Contract ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: One-line mention in Lockheed's own report; does not name specific programs, value, exclusivity or NVIDIA's confirmation.
Lockheed Martin 2025 Annual Report ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: One-line mention in Lockheed's own report; does not describe the work, value or duration, and is not confirmed by Meta in this source.
Lockheed Martin 2025 Annual Report ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Supplier recognized in 2023; current supply not confirmed
Limits: An award listed on an undated company page; does not establish what Karman supplies to Lockheed Martin, volumes, programs, or that supply continues today.
Karman Space & Defense - Company ↗Dated or announced (4)
Source: 2026-09-10 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating
Limits: Announcement; does not establish payment flows between IBM and Lockheed Martin, operating date or research outcomes.
IBM, Lockheed Martin announce Swiss quantum innovation hub at ETH Zurich ↗Source: 2026-05-14 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Stated partnership; scope not described
Limits: Xanadu's own one-line mention; does not describe the work, value or duration, and is not confirmed by Lockheed Martin in this source.
Xanadu Announces First Quarter 2026 Results ↗Source: 2023-12-11 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; phase-one development order (2023)
Limits: A 2023 development and prototype order; does not establish that later phases or production orders followed, delivery, or the current status of the program.
LightPath Technologies press release (via ACCESS Newswire): LightPath Announces Initial $4.7m Order from Lockheed Martin ↗Source: 2006-12-01 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Joint venture formed 2006; current ownership not re-verified in a current filing
Limits: A 2006 formation announcement; this check could not find the ULA stake in Lockheed Martin's 2025 Form 10-K text, so it does not establish the current ownership split, governance, or Lockheed Martin's share of ULA earnings today.
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