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Lockheed Martin

6801 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Overview

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four business segments aeronautics, electronic systems, information systems, global services, and space systems.

Total investments
29
Lead investments
6
Investments · 12mo
8
Active investors
11

Sector focus

  • Aerospace
  • Cyber Security
  • Machinery Manufacturing
  • Military
  • National Security
  • Remote Sensing
  • Security
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Investment portfolio

  • INTALUS

    Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

    INTALUS develops processes to integrate ceramics into metals, addressing gaps that conventional coatings leave. The company’s metal-ceramic infusion approach is described as relevant across the national security sector and additional markets. Coverage notes INTALUS is scaling rapidly following the announced financing. The team and investor partnership, including Gene Skiba, Origin Ventures and Scout Ventures, are highlighted as supporters of the company’s growth. The articles do not provide revenue, user metrics, founding year, or location information.

  • HavocAI

    Participated · Series A · May 2026

    Havoc develops an all-domain collaborative autonomy stack and a software-defined hardware approach that enables heterogeneous autonomous assets to sense, decide, and act together across sea, air, and land. The company reports more than 25,000 hours of autonomous testing and deployments and has collected over 200 billion data points from operations to iterate its field-tested autonomy stack. Havoc has built and deployed 100+ autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) globally, with 40+ mission-ready today and 30+ vessels delivered to the U.S. Department of Defense. It has made strategic acquisitions (Mavrik and Teleo) to expand into air and land domains and maintains partnerships with defense primes such as Leidos, Lockheed Martin, and SAIC as well as shipbuilders and additive manufacturers. Havoc has grown to over 200 employees, opened new offices in Austin and San Diego, and expanded maritime production in Rhode Island. The company highlights award recognition, SBIR awards, and selection to industry challenges as validation while positioning itself to scale deployments and production to meet defense and commercial demand.

  • Firestorm

    Participated · Series B · Apr 2026

    Firestorm develops xCell, a shipping-container mobile manufacturing platform that uses an industrial-grade HP 3D printer to produce drone bodies and shells and assemble configurable drone systems in under 24 hours. The company sells hardware and secures government contracts across U.S. military branches, and currently has two xCell units deployed domestically (with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Special Operations Command) and additional operational use in the Indo-Pacific. Firestorm holds a five-year global exclusive with HP for use of its industrial 3D printing technology in mobile units, and noted an Air Force contract with a $100 million ceiling and $27 million obligated to date. The startup’s founders bring defense and additive-manufacturing expertise: CEO Dan Magy is a serial defense tech entrepreneur, Chad McCoy is a career special operations veteran, and CTO Ian Muceus holds multiple 3D-printing patents. Firestorm has stated plans to scale deployment and reach full operational deployment in the Indo-Pacific within roughly two years. The company has raised $153 million to date following the Series B.

  • Fortem Technologies

    Led · Series B · Apr 2026

    Fortem Technologies, founded in 2016, designs radar-based sensors, command-and-control software and interceptor systems that incorporate artificial intelligence to detect and avoid other aircraft and airborne objects. Its products target defense and commercial customers seeking counter-UAS capabilities. The company has a network of investors including Lockheed Martin, AE Industrial Partners, DCVC, Toshiba, AIM13 and Signia Venture Partners. Recent financing includes a $25 million tranche led by Lockheed as part of a Series B, following prior participation by Lockheed in a $17.8 million round in 2023. Fortem plans to use the new capital to accelerate production at scale and integrate its systems within Lockheed’s Sanctum ecosystem to improve interoperability. The company emphasizes autonomous, integrated, deployable counter-UAS solutions to address rapidly scaling drone threats.

  • SatVu

    Participated · Equity · Feb 2026

    SatVu is a UK-based thermal Earth-observation company that captures 3.5-metre resolution infrared imagery day and night to provide intelligence on buildings, industrial sites, and other strategic assets. Its data helps government, defence, and industrial customers detect heat signatures linked to operational changes, assess readiness, and monitor climate-related emissions. The company currently operates a single demonstration satellite but is transitioning to a multi-satellite constellation; two new satellites are slated for launch in 2026 and a further three are already under contract. This expanded fleet will boost revisit frequency, enabling near-continuous monitoring of global activity. Beyond defence, SatVu’s imagery supports sectors such as steel, cement, data centres, oil & gas, and solar energy. Following the latest raise, SatVu has secured £60 million in total equity funding to date, providing capital for constellation build-out and commercial scaling.

Team

  • Malcolm Lockheed

    Founder

  • Allan Lockheed

    Founder

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  • Jeffrey Wilcox

    Vice President, Engineering

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  • Michael Muckin

    LM Fellow; Cyber Security Architect

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