Lock­heed Mar­tin, the largest recip­i­ent of U.S. gov­ern­ment con­tracts, will take part in Ukrain­ian avi­a­tion and defense exhi­bi­tions, to be held from 13 to 16 Octo­ber at the Inter­na­tion­al Exhi­bi­tion Cen­tre in Kyiv.

For the first time, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons sup­pli­er will par­tic­i­pate in the upcom­ing XVI Inter­na­tion­al spe­cial­ized exhi­bi­tion “Arms and Secu­ri­ty – 2020” and ХII Inter­na­tion­al Avi­a­tion and Space Salon “Avi­asvit - XXI”, accord­ing to Inter­na­tion­al Exhi­bi­tion Cen­tre.

Lock­heed Mar­tin is one of the largest com­pa­nies in the aero­space, mil­i­tary sup­port, secu­ri­ty, and tech­nolo­gies indus­try. Famil­iar Lock­heed prod­ucts include the F‑16 Fight­ing Fal­con, F‑35 Light­ning II and the C‑130 Her­cules, how­ev­er, a greater per­cent­age of Lockheed’s sales rev­enue comes from the Sys­tems Inte­gra­tion and Space Sys­tems sec­tors than from Aeronautics.

The Cor­po­ra­tion oper­ates through four seg­ments. Aero­nau­tics seg­ment is engaged in the research, design, devel­op­ment, man­u­fac­ture, inte­gra­tion, sus­tain­ment, sup­port and upgrade of mil­i­tary air­craft, includ­ing com­bat and air mobil­i­ty air­craft, unmanned air vehi­cles and relat­ed tech­nolo­gies. Mis­siles and Fire Con­trol seg­ment pro­vides air and mis­sile defense sys­tems; fire con­trol sys­tems; manned and unmanned ground vehi­cles, and ener­gy man­age­ment solu­tions. Rotary and Mis­sion Sys­tems seg­ment pro­vides design, man­u­fac­ture, ser­vice and sup­port for a range of mil­i­tary and civ­il heli­copters; mis­sion sys­tems and sen­sors for rotary and fixed-wing air­craft; sim­u­la­tion and train­ing ser­vices, and unmanned sys­tems and tech­nolo­gies, among oth­ers. Space Sys­tems seg­ment is engaged in the research and devel­op­ment, design, engi­neer­ing and pro­duc­tion of satel­lites, strate­gic and defen­sive mis­sile sys­tems and space trans­porta­tion systems.

Lock­heed Mar­tin is the top-gross­ing defense firm in the world, the com­pa­ny gen­er­at­ed $56,6 bil­lion in annu­al revenue.