The "C" Building on Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Middle River campus churned out Mace and Matador guided missiles during the 1940s and 1950s, Pershing Missile Launchers during the 1960s and Patriot Missile Launchers during the 1970s. Yesterday, Lockheed officials unveiled its latest reincarnation: Non-Line Of Sight missile launchers for the Army and Navy.
It's new business for the campus and allowed Bethesda-based Lockheed to expand its work force there by 20 percent to 650 - a far cry from the more than 53,000 who built 120 military planes a month at its peak in 1943 during World War II.
Today, Lockheed leases a portion of the nearly 70-year-old "C" Building to...