Company, United States

Lockheed Martin

Includes Lockheed Martin Orincon.

Statistics

People here now
3
People ever
9
Citations of current people
3,074
Median h-index of current people
28
Full moves in and out
5 in, 5 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Citation figures count 1 of the 3 people here now. People whose OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mixed are left out. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 9 people shaping AI have worked at Lockheed Martin, including 3 (33%) here now and 6 with former affiliations. Its tracked sub-organization is Lockheed Martin Orincon (2 ever, 0 now). Among 3,344 companies, the group is tied for 56th on current people and tied for 66th on all-time people. Theory, statistics and optimization leads 6 areas of expertise (3 of 9 people with profile topics), and researchers make up 2 of the 3 people here now (67%). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 3 people in 1989–1991 and 2002–2005 and stood at 2 in 2025. Across dated career transitions, we record 5 full moves in and 5 out.

Researchers make up 2 of the 3 people here now (67%).Roles, current affiliations, profile topics, and recorded birth countries (0 known) and birth years (0 known) for the 3 people here now.

A summary of current people at Lockheed Martin. It shows roles, affiliations, profile topics and birth countries known for 0 people. No birth years are recorded.

Role categories

  • Research2
  • Builders1

Current affiliations

  • Lockheed Martin3

Top profile topics

  • ai ethics1
  • autonomous systems1
  • computer vision1
  • document analysis1
  • drone swarms1

Birth countries

Known for 0 of 3 people now.

No birth countries are recorded.

Median birth year

No known birth years

Source: People of Superintelligence profiles, current career records and recorded birthplaces, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
MeasureValuePeople
RoleResearch2
RoleBuilders1
Current affiliationLockheed Martin3
Profile topicai ethics1
Profile topicautonomous systems1
Profile topiccomputer vision1
Profile topicdocument analysis1
Profile topicdrone swarms1
Birth country coverage0 of 3 people now0
Median birth yearNo known years0

The annual headcount series runs through 2025 (2 active work stints); the 3 people here now also include 1 whose current role has no recorded start year. Full arrivals and departures balanced at 5 each: arrivals came 1 from a university (20%), 3 from companies (60%) and 1 from labs, nonprofits or government, while departures went 2 to companies (40%), 2 to universities (40%) and 1 to labs, nonprofits or government. We also record 1 arrival where a person added a role alongside an existing position. Today, 4 of the 6 people formerly at Lockheed Martin have a recorded current affiliation elsewhere (1 at a company and 3 at universities).

Active work stints peaked at 3 people in 1989–1991 and 2002–2005 and stood at 2 in 2025.Annual estimates from 1989 through 2025. Each person counts once per year with a dated work stint; degrees and undated roles are excluded.

A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Lockheed Martin from 1989 to 2025. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.

Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearOtherPeople
198933
199033
199133
199222
199322
200233
200333
200433
200533
200611
200711
201811
201911
202011
202111
202211
202311
202411
202522
We record 5 full arrivals from 5 organizations and 5 full departures to 5, with 1 move per route.Full moves into (5) and out of (5) Lockheed Martin, grouped under top-level organizations. Excludes 1 role added alongside an existing position. Smaller routes are grouped as Other. universitiescompaniesinstitutes and labs

A three-column flow diagram. People came from organizations on the left, Lockheed Martin is in the middle, and destinations are on the right. It shows 5 incoming and 5 outgoing full moves.

Source: People of Superintelligence career records with full moves only, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
DirectionOrganizationFull moves
FromAmerican Society for Cybernetics1
FromAT&T1
FromPanasonic1
FromStanley Black & Decker1
FromUniversity of California, Irvine1
CenterLockheed Martin5 in, 5 out
ToMaui Imaging1
ToNASA1
ToNatural Selection1
ToUniversity of California, San Diego1
ToUniversity of Edinburgh1

Compared with peer companies, Lockheed Martin ranks higher on current headcount (tied for 56th of 3,344) than on all-time headcount (tied for 66th); 3 of its 9 all-time people (33%) hold a current role here. Across work histories (excluding degrees), 9 of the 9 people who have worked at Lockheed Martin (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Lockheed Martin to 28 peer institutions. The 1 current person with a confident OpenAlex author record (Mark Maybury) has 3,074 citations and an h-index of 28 (tied for 297th among 511 counted companies).

Among 3,344 companies, Lockheed Martin is tied for 56th on current people (3) and tied for 66th on all-time people (9).Standing across all organizations and organizations of the same type on current people, all-time people and combined h-index of current people. Ties share a rank.

A table compares Lockheed Martin with 8827 organizations and 3344 organizations of the same type for current people, people ever and combined h-index where available.

People now

3 people

tied for 395th of 8,827 organizationstied for 56th of 3,344 companies

People ever

9 people

tied for 593rd of 8,827 organizationstied for 66th of 3,344 companies

Combined h-index of people now

28 across 1 person

tied for 1,315th of 1,834 organizationstied for 297th of 511 companies

Source: People of Superintelligence organization membership and confident OpenAlex statistics, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
MeasureValueAll organizationsSame type
People now3tied for 395th of 8,827tied for 56th of 3,344
People ever9tied for 593rd of 8,827tied for 66th of 3,344
Combined h-index of people now28 (1 person)tied for 1,315th of 1,834tied for 297th of 511
General Dynamics, Natural Selection and University of California, Berkeley share the largest career overlap with Lockheed Martin: 2 people each.Organizations where people with work records at Lockheed Martin also worked at any time in their careers (9 people across 28 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Lockheed Martin. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
General Dynamics2
Natural Selection2
University of California, Berkeley2
Accenture1
American Society for Cybernetics1

People here now

The 3 people with a current role at Lockheed Martin include 2 researchers and 1 builder. Earlier in their careers, 3 of the 3 held a work role at another organization.

People with former affiliations

We record 6 people who formerly worked at Lockheed Martin. 4 of the 6 have a recorded current role at another organization. Across the 5 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 40,371 (median h-index 22).

Posts that include Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.