Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 13, 2009, Lockheed Martin Corporation (the "Company") entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), in connection with the issuance and sale of a total of $1,500,000,000 of senior unsecured notes, consisting of $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Notes due 2019 (the "2019 Notes") and $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Notes due 2039 (the "2039 Notes," and together with the 2019 Notes, the "Notes"). The 2019 Notes mature on November 15, 2019 and the 2039 Notes mature on November 15, 2039. The Company will pay interest on the Notes semiannually on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The first interest payment will be made on May 15, 2010. The Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement and the forms of Notes are filed as exhibits to this report and are incorporated by reference herein.

The Notes were issued under an indenture (the "Indenture") entered into by the Company with The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, on March 11, 2008, pursuant to which the Company may issue an unlimited amount of debt securities from time to time in one or more series. A copy of the Indenture was previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2008.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed on the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.

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