Editing Lockheed Martin (section)

=== Criticism ===
Lockheed Martin is listed as the largest U.S. government contractor and ranks first for the number of incidents, and fifth for the size of settlements on the 'contractor misconduct' database maintained by the [[Project on Government Oversight]], a Washington, D.C.–based watchdog group. Since 1995, the company has agreed to pay $676.8&nbsp;million to settle 88 instances of misconduct.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contractormisconduct.org/ |title=Federal Contractor Misconduct Database |publisher=[[Project on Government Oversight]] |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=May 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508031346/http://www.contractormisconduct.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2013, Lt. Gen. [[Christopher Bogdan]] criticized the company's F-35 fighter program. The general said: "I want them both to start behaving like they want to be around for 40 years&nbsp;... I want them to take on some of the risk of this program. I want them to invest in cost reductions. I want them to do the things that will build a better relationship. I'm not getting all that love yet."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/business/lockheed-criticized-by-f-35-jet-program-chief.html?gwh=A3B475A95F1953E78A6BB177A73AEB78 |work=The New York Times |first=Christopher |last=Drew |title=Lockheed Criticized by F-35 Jet Program Chief |date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> The criticism came in the wake of previous criticism from former [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]] [[Robert Gates]] regarding the same program.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/02/03/83590/lockheed-martin-downplays-gates.html|title=Lockheed Martin downplays Gates' criticism of F-35 program|author=Bob Cox|work=The Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=February 3, 2010|access-date=September 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514040520/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/02/03/83590/lockheed-martin-downplays-gates.html|archive-date=May 14, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>