Agency
Department of Defense
Department of Defense relationship.
November 1979
Oracle
First commercial installation at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
In a Smithsonian oral-history interview, Larry Ellison said Oracle’s first commercial version was installed in November 1979 and identified the Advanced Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as its first customer.
March 15, 1995
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed and Martin Marietta complete their “merger of equals”
Lockheed Martin Corporation was created to combine the businesses of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation. The stockholder-approved combination closed on March 15, 1995, uniting two of the largest U.S. defense contractors; Daniel M. Tellep and Norman R. Augustine led the predecessor companies through the transaction.