
In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it was able as a federal government-deemed essential business to hire 12,000 workers, and the company is now on the hunt for 5,000 workers, including 300 for F-16 sustainment and production at the company's Greenville, S.C., plant. Lockheed Martin reported it had 114,000 workers globally at the end of last year--the same as in 2020, but an increase of 9,000 since the end of 2018 and 4,000 since the end…