MARIETTA, Ga., April 14 Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] completed
delivery of the second production C-5M Super Galaxy at a ceremony here
Monday with a crew from Dover Air Force Base, Del.

The fifth C-5M overall to be delivered to the Air Force, this aircraft
will undergo internal paint restoration at Stewart Air National Guard
Base, N.Y., before traveling to its home base at Dover.

Maj. Gen. James T. Rubeor, commander of the 22nd Air Force, Air Force
Reserve, said in a statement: "Though it's still early, the
operational accomplishments of the C-5M in such a short amount of time
are extraordinary. Obviously, this is a tremendous investment for the
Air Force. With this fifth Super Galaxy, we're adding a new level of
capability to the equation for determining how strategic airlift is
used in both present and future contingency operations."

Lockheed Martin is on contract to modernize a total of 52 C-5s,
consisting of 49 B-, two C- and one A-model aircraft through the
Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program (RERP). The program
incorporates more than 70 changes and upgrades, including newer,
quieter General Electric engines making the C-5M more reliable and 10
percent more fuel efficient than legacy C-5s. Three test aircraft were
delivered and flown before the modernization program entered full
production.

The Super Galaxy is America’s premier global direct delivery weapon
system and the only strategic airlifter capable of linking the
homeland directly to the warfighter in all theaters of combat without
refueling. The C-5M recently delivered 3,300 tons of helicopters to
Afghanistan with a mission capable rate of nearly 90 percent.

The C-5M’s demonstrated improvements in performance and efficiency
validate the value to the taxpayer of modernizing proven and viable
aircraft. The C-5 can carry twice the cargo of other strategic
airlift systems and is the only strategic airlifter capable of
carrying 100 percent of certified air-transportable cargo.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security
company that employs about 126,000 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 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8
billion.

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