Lockheed
 Lockheed  (Arms manufacturer, Aerospace manufacturer)    | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Allan Lockheed |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California |
| Type | commercial |
| Client of | The Cohen Group |
| Staff | 90,000 |
| Member of | Atlantic Council/Corporate Members |
| Sponsor of | Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Center for American Progress, Institute for Regional Security, Center for European Policy Analysis, Center for Security Policy, University of Sydney/United States Studies Centre, GLOBSEC |
| Subpage | •Lockheed/Bribery scandals |
| Membership | • Marillyn A. Hewson • Daniel F. Akerson •  James O. Ellis• Thomas J. Falk • Ilene S. Gordon • David B. Burritt • Bruce A. Carlson •  Joseph F. Dunford• Vicki A. Hollub •  Jeh C. Johnson• Debra L. Reed-Klages • James D. Taiclet •  James Loy |
| "Nobody is doing a better job of arming the world than Lockheed-Martin" | |
Lockheed (formerly Lockheed Martin) is arms arms manufacturer based in California. In 2019 Alex Kane listed them as the #2 war profiteer from the War in Yemen, behind Boeing.[1]
“Nobody is doing a better job of arming the world than Lockheed-Martin; the company's portfolio of weapons and buyers is breathtaking... [Lockheed-Martin is] the world's largest arms maker with $28 billion in 1997 sales.” [2]
Contents
Bribery scandals
- Full article: Lockheed/Bribery scandals
- Full article: Lockheed/Bribery scandals
Subsidies from US government
Lockheed received a share in around $4 billion in subsidies from the US government in 2016.[3]Kevin shipp calculated that the average household in America has what could be called a Lockheed Martin tax. 260 dollars comes out of each one of our pocket every year to pay this company basically to spy on us through the NSA and the CIA to track our IRS actions they even track our packages coming through the U.S Postal Service.[4]
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Manson | Chairman of Lockheed Martin Canada | 1990 | 1997 | Attended the 1989 Bilderberg meeting. |
| Margaret Newsham | Program designer | 1977 | 1984 | Whistleblower who exposed how the communications of US politicians were being intercepted via the ECHELON surveillance system. |
Known members
4 of the 13 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Joseph Dunford | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 2015-2019 |
| James Ellis | Retired US Navy admiral, then Lockheed Martin. In 2018 he was appointed Chairman of the User’s Advisory Group to the US Vice President’s National Space Council; the 2019 Bilderberg had "The Importance of Space" as a topic. |
| Jeh Johnson | United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017. |
| James Loy | Coast Guard and Homeland Security boss who went over to Lockheed-Martin |
References
- ↑ http://inthesetimes.com/features/us-saudi-arabia-yemen-war-arms-sales.html
- ↑ The Mojo Wire Dictators or Democracies? U.S. Arms Transfers and Military Training
- ↑ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/tomdispatch-dc-congress-defense-international-arms-business/
- ↑ At 18:00 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHbrOg092GA
