Colorado Governor Jared Polis said defense contractor Lockheed Martin is expanding its operations in the state and adding jobs.
“Colorado is a national leader in aerospace innovation and Lockheed Martin’s investment delivers up to 1,250 good-paying jobs for Coloradans over the next four years. Coloradans are building the future of aerospace, and this expansion strengthens our nation-leading aerospace industry and our economy,” said Polis in a statement.
The positions as part of this expansion will include cyber security engineers, software engineers, technicians and administrative services.
The expansion in Colorado comes after Lockheed Martin earlier this year inaugurated an 88,000-square-foot Missile Assembly Building 5 (MAB-5) in Courtland, Alabama. The plant will produce the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and bolster the nation's layered missile defense architecture.
The plant draws best practices from programs like Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and hypersonics and adopts a "digital twin" methodology that reduces risk from design through sustainment. Automation and data driven workflows guarantee consistent, high-quality output.
In July, the U.S. government awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year "undefinitized" contract action (UCA) modification for up to $53.86 billion for PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors, supporting the Pentagon's Acquisition Transformation Strategy. The award brings the total multiyear contract value to $58.62 billion, following the $4.7 billion UCA awarded in April for year one.
