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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) - October 10, 1996

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                          LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          MARYLAND                        1-11437                52-1893632
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
        Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

  6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA, MARYLAND                20817
  (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

                                (301) 897-6000
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
            (Former name or address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.  Other Events

     On September 16, 1996, Lockheed Martin Corporation ("Lockheed Martin")
commenced an exchange offer pursuant to which it is offering holders of shares
of Lockheed Martin common stock the opportunity to exchange their shares of
Lockheed Martin common stock for shares of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
("Materials") common stock (the "Exchange Offer"). Materials filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a Form S-4 Registration 
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the Exchange
Offer (Registration Statement No. 333-08895) (the "Registration Statement"). The
Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to an Offering Circular/Prospectus filed 
as part of the Registration Statement. Lockheed Martin filed with the Commission
a Schedule 13E-4 Issuer Tender Offer Statement under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, with respect to the Exchange Offer.

     Certain employees of Lockheed Martin and its subsidiaries participate in 
employee benefit plans that permit the investment of all or a portion of their 
account balances in shares of Lockheed Martin common stock. The plan trustee is 
the stockholder of record for such plans. With respect those plans that are 
participant directed plans, plan participants are entitled to direct the plan 
trustee as to whether or not to exchange shares attributable to their accounts 
in the Exchange Offer. In instances where a plan participant fails to provide 
timely direction to the plan trustee as to whether or not to exchange shares 
attributable to that participant's account, the majority of the plans provide 
for an independent fiduciary to provide such direction. To be timely, 
participant directions must be actually received by certain deadlines on October
11, 1996 which vary by plan. With respect to those plans that are not 
participant directed and with respect to shares held in plans which shares are 
not allocated to participants' accounts, the plan trustee will make the 
determination as to whether or not to exchange shares in the Exchange Offer.

     On October 10, 1996, Lockheed Martin announced that U.S. Trust Company of 
California, N.A., ("U.S. Trust"), acting as trustee and independent fiduciary of
various Lockheed Martin employee benefit plans, had  informed Lockheed Martin 
that, based upon information presently available, U.S. Trust did not intend to 
exchange or direct the exchange of any shares for which it has fiduciary 
responsibility under such plans in the Exchange Offer. U.S. Trust further 
informed Lockheed Martin that, in reaching this decision, U.S. Trust evaluated 
the Exchange Offer only in the context of employee benefit plans intended to 
provide benefits for covered Lockheed Martin employees and that its decision 
does not reflect an evaluation of the Exchange Offer from the viewpoint of any 
other stockholder.

     U.S. Trust serves as trustee or independent fiduciary for the majority of 
Lockheed Martin benefit plans with Lockheed Martin stock as an investment 
option, and has fiduciary responsibility for those shares in employee accounts 
for which valid instructions regarding the exchange offer are not received. It 
also has fiduciary responsibility for the unallocated Lockheed Martin shares in 
the Lockheed Martin Salaried Employee Savings Plan Plus. As of August 31, 1996, 
approximately 36.6 million shares of Lockheed Martin common stock were held in 
employee benefit plans (including approximately 9.3 million unallocated shares 
in the Lockheed Martin Salaried Employee Savings Plan Plus).

     A copy of the press release pursuant to which Lockheed Martin made the 
announcement summarized above is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is 
incorporated in this Item 5 by reference.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

    Exhibit No.                   Description of Exhibits

        99         Lockheed Martin Corporation October 10, 1996 Press Release 




   















Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                        Lockheed Martin Corporation
                        
                        /s/ Stephen M. Piper
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                        Stephen M. Piper, Associate General Counsel
                         and Assistant Secretary

Index to Exhibits

   Exhibit No.                          Description of Exhibits

       99             Lockheed Martin Corporation October 10, 1996 Press Release



 
                                                                      EXHIBIT 99

                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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TRUSTEE FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEE PLANS MAKES
DECISION REGARDING MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS EXCHANGE OFFER

Bethesda, Maryland, October 10, 1996 -- Lockheed Martin announced today that 
U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A., acting as trustee and independent 
fiduciary of various Lockheed Martin employee benefit plans, has informed the 
Corporation that based on information presently available, it does not intend to
exchange or direct the exchange of any shares of Lockheed Martin Common Stock 
for which it has fiduciary responsibility under such plans for shares of Martin 
Marietta Materials Common Stock. U.S. Trust further indicated that, in reaching 
this decision, it evaluated the exchange offer only in the context of employee 
plans intended to provide benefits for covered Lockheed Martin employees, and 
its decision does not reflect an evaluation of the exchange offer from the 
viewpoint of any other stockholder. Lockheed Martin emphasized that U.S. Trust's
decision does not affect any shares validly tendered by participants in Lockheed
Martin employee plans by October 11, 1996.

U.S. Trust serves as trustee or independent fiduciary for the majority of 
Lockheed Martin benefit plans with Lockheed Martin stock as an investment 
option, and has fiduciary responsibility for those shares in employee accounts 
for which valid instructions regarding the exchange offer are not received by 
October 11, 1996. It also has fiduciary responsibility for the unallocated 
Lockheed Martin shares in the Lockheed Martin Salaried Employee Savings Plan 
Plus.


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As of August 31, 1996, approximately 36.6 million shares of Lockheed Martin 
common stock were held in employee benefit plans (including approximately 9.3 
million unallocated shares in the Lockheed Martin Salaried Employee Savings Plan
Plus).

The exchange offer, which commenced on September 16, 1996, is being made by way 
of an offering circular -- prospectus copies of which may be obtained from the 
Information Agent, Morrow & Co., Inc. In the offer, Lockheed Martin offers, 
subject to certain conditions, to exchange 4.72 shares of Martin Marietta 
Materials common stock owned by Lockheed Martin for each share of Lockheed 
Martin stock validly tendered, up to a maximum of 7,913,136 shares of Lockheed 
Martin. Unless extended, the exchange offer expires at midnight EDT, on Friday, 
October 18, 1996.



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