Martin Marietta - History - Timeline

Timeline

• 1961: Martin Marietta formed by merger of the Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation
• 1969: Martin Marietta commissioned to build the Mark IV monorail used on the Walt Disney World Monorail System between 1971-1989.
• 1971: Martin Marietta loses landmark sex discrimination suit before the Supreme Court, in Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.
• 1975: Acquires Hoskyns Group (UK IT services company)
• 1982: Bendix Corporation's attempted takeover ends in its own sale to Allied Corporation; Martin Marietta survives.
• 1986: Wins contract to convert Titan II ICBMs into space launch vehicles. The Martin Company built the original ICBMs.
• 1987: Electronics & Missiles Group formed, headquartered in Orlando
• 1991: Electronics & Missiles Group reorganized into the Electronics, Information & Missiles Group
• 1993: Acquires GE Aerospace for 3 billion USD, allowing combined marketing of complementary systems, e.g. Martin Marietta's Titan missiles launching GE Aerospace's satellites.
• 1993: Acquires management contract for Sandia National Laboratories.
• 1993: Acquires General Dynamics' space systems unit.
• 1994: Martin Marietta completed its initial public offering of 19% of the common stock of Martin Marietta Materials, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as MLM.
• 1995: Martin Marietta merged with Lockheed Corporation to form Lockheed Martin
• 1996: Lockheed Martin splits off Martin Marietta Materials as a separate and independent entity.
• 2012: Diamond-Might Laboratories acquires sequel company Marietta 2.