Lockheed Martin UK and Our Suppliers

Lockheed Martin UK delivers capabilities to organisations operating in several key sectors. These include aerospace, cyber security, defence, energy, public services and transport.

We work closely with academic institutions, commercial airports, energy companies, government departments, health services, the military, Royal Mail, public sector bodies, transport solution providers and utilities to support their work of national importance, day in and  day out.

Lockheed Martin UK works closely with a broad range of suppliers from around the UK to deliver the best programmes and systems to enable these organisations of critical national importance to do their jobs effectively, day in and day out.

Lockheed Martin UK currently works with approximately 1,000 suppliers around the UK, 75% of which are SMEs. Over the last five years (2013-2017) the company committed approximately £1.4B with the UK supply chain.

Good partnerships between Lockheed Martin and its suppliers are the cornerstone of its ability to deliver unique capabilities to our valued customers, whether it’s helping to deliver F-35 to 12 nations around the world or 50 million items of post to individuals around the UK every day.

Lockheed Martin UK and its suppliers must deliver innovative products and services to enable these organisations of critical national importance to do their jobs effectively.

To ensure this continues to happen, we are working to create more collaborative relationships, make our business more agile and lean, and ensure a better return on invested capital for all partners.

Our aim is to nurture suppliers without threatening their intellectual property or business interests. If we manage to achieve this together, greater international business opportunities can result for all.

We are taking practical approaches to making it easier for suppliers, current and new, to work more effectively with us. One example is our newly established supplier financing initiative. This means of reducing risk is only one of many ways we hope to support our suppliers better when they work for us.

These web pages also contain information about our unique proposition to suppliers all over the UK. 

We hope this section of our website will help you learn more about how to do business with Lockheed Martin UK as we enter new sectors and markets together. We would also be interested to hear from you.

If you are interested in finding out more about our global supply chain, click here.

Our UK Supplier Policies & Guidance

Goods and services provided by our suppliers have a key impact on the quality of the products, solutions and services we offer our customers. To maintain a high level of quality, we are determined to establish and maintain close and long-lasting relationships with our suppliers. Any questions can be sent to supply.lmuk@lmco.com

Current versions of the Quality Requirements & Guidance for Suppliers and Potential Suppliers to our Ampthill Site, Bedfordshire:

• QM003 Quality Requirements for Suppliers reflect the quality flow down requirements of LMUK customers. Archived copies of previous version of QM003 are available below.
• SQAG001 First Article Inspection Guide provides directions on how to identify, plan for and satisfy Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill specific requirements for completing a compliant First Article Inspection (FAI). It is based on the latest revision of AS9102 and overall LMUK expectations.
• SPG01 Special Processes Guidebook provides further information on special processes.
• RCCA – Root Cause Corrective Action Problem Solving Guidebook sets out the steps that should be taken using the 8D methodology when problem solving with root cause corrective action.
• F0389 Deliverable Quality Plan Template is an optional form to assist suppliers in presenting a detailed quality plan on how the supplier intends to meet the QM003 requirements.
  
• F0577 Supplier Deviation Request form is an optional form to assist suppliers requesting a production permit or concession in accordance with QM003.
• 1QA734-D01 LMUK Ampthill Foreign Object Damage Prevention is the LMUK Ampthill policy on FOD prevention.  It can be used by our suppliers as a source of information and best practice around preventing FOD in their deliverables to Ampthill. 

Cybersecurity

Cyber security attacks continue to increase in frequency and sophistication for the aerospace & defence industry. Adversaries are targeting anyone who possesses sensitive information, including the government, industry leaders and suppliers. It is imperative that our suppliers understand what’s at stake and recognise our shared role in protecting sensitive information and intellectual property. A single mistake or breach could have enormous consequences for our customers, our business, the aerospace & defence industry, and national security.

Understanding a supplier’s ability to protect sensitive information and manage cyber security risk is important to Lockheed Martin and helps us make decisions on how best to manage risk.  We use a variety of methods such as supplier briefings, assessments, information sharing sessions, and the supplier cyber security questionnaire to understand a supplier’s cyber security readiness.

All suppliers where there is a need to share Sensitive Data with or where a denial of service due to a cyber incident will be required to hold as a minimum to be accredited to CES (Cyber Essential Scheme). The CES certification is the minimum standard and in many cases controls over and above will likely be required.