Lockheed Martin to showcase T-50A Cockpit Demonstrator at Greenville Operations
February 23, 2016
Reporters invited to “Fly” T-50A Cockpit Demonstrator
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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will host a T-50A cockpit demonstrator event at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 29, at its Greenville Operations. Greenville is the company’s preferred Final Assembly and Checkout (FACO) site for the aircraft in the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training (APT) competition.
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U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy (SC-4) will be our special guest as Lockheed Martin officials highlight the T-50A’s fighter-like performance capabilities, which were developed jointly with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to replace the T-38 and train pilots to fly the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft.
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Company officials also will discuss the T-50 program’s potential economic benefits to Greenville and South Carolina.
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The T-50A delivers the fighter-like performance and capabilities to eliminate gaps in trainer capabilities between 4th generation capabilities of the T-38 and 5th generation capabilities of today’s fighters.
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Lockheed Martin’s accompanying T-50A Ground-Based Training System (GBTS) features innovative technologies that deliver an immersive, synchronized ground-based training platform. The agile T-50A GBTS applies lessons-learned from decades of training with leading-edge technologies to deliver a cost-effective advanced pilot training solution.
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Lockheed Martin officials will be available for interviews after their remarks.
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WHAT: T-50A cockpit demonstrator “flights” and remarks by U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy and Lockheed Martin officials
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Note: Reporters will have access to fly, record and photograph “pilots” in the cockpit “flying” a variety of mission scenarios.
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WHEN: Monday, Feb. 29, 2016
9:30:a.m. (media check-in at 9 a.m.)
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WHERE: Lockheed Martin Greenville Operations
244 Terminal Road
Greenville, SC 29605
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CONTACT: To R.S.V.P. for the event, contact Leslie Farmer at 864-299-7435 or [email protected] by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
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About Lockheed Martin
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Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that – with the addition of Sikorsky – employs approximately 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
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