Lockheed Martin

Aerospace and defense manufacturing

Lockheed reports 6,253,258 pounds of waste generated and 737,701 pounds recycled in 2025, equal to 54% recycled in the report boundary. The numbers establish a reporting baseline, not material eligibility for a flight-critical or defense program.

6.25M lb Waste generated in 2025

Open Site, grade and buyer evidence

Screening No commercial claim

As of September 18, 2026

• Manufacturing residuals and offcuts
• Hazardous and regulated material streams

Outputs and residuals to resolve

• Recycled material under approved controls
• Regulated disposal where recovery is not viable

First decision: Material composition, hazardous classification, program restrictions and qualified outlet.

Lockheed's 2025 report presents waste-generated, recycled, landfill and incineration metrics and notes hazardous-waste disposal requirements.

What remains unproven

The public report does not identify alloy, composite, coating, program, security, recycler or approval data.

Decision boundary

The public record supports one bounded next move: Material composition, hazardous classification, program restrictions and qualified outlet. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

Non-flight-critical residual screen

Start with a controlled, non-flight-critical stream whose identity and custody are visible.

Next evidence: Material composition, hazardous classification, program restrictions and qualified outlet.

Qualification path

Separate disclosed company activity from a usable commercial lane.

Next evidence: Named site, product grade and technical owner.

Commercial boundary

Do not infer customer demand from corporate reporting.

Next evidence: Buyer specification, commercial terms and approval.

• 2025 Sustainability Performance Report Lockheed Martin https://sustainability.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/sustainability/disclosure-hub/2025/2025-Sustainability-Performance-Report-ADA.pdf
• Disclosure hub Lockheed Martin https://sustainability.lockheedmartin.com/sustainability/disclosure-hub/
• Sustainability site Lockheed Martin https://sustainability.lockheedmartin.com/sustainability/index.html/

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

The next useful working session starts with: Material composition, hazardous classification, program restrictions and qualified outlet.