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== Government contracts == Lockheed Martin received $36 billion in government contracts in 2008 alone; more than any company in history. It does work for more than two dozen government agencies from the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] and the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] to the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]] and the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]]. It is involved in surveillance and information processing for the [[CIA]], the [[FBI]], the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (IRS), the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA), [[The Pentagon]], the [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]], and the [[United States Postal Service|Postal Service]].<ref name=MoJo>[[William D. Hartung|Hartung, William]] (January 12, 2011) [http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/lockheed-martin-shadowing-you "Is Lockheed Martin Shadowing You?"]. ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]''</ref> In October 2013, Lockheed announced it expected to finalize a $2.2 billion contract with the [[United States Air Force]] for two advanced military communications satellites.<ref>{{cite news| title=Lockheed, U.S. Air Force near $2.2 billion satellites deal| author=Andrea Shalal-Esa| work=Reuters| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lockheed-satellites-idUSBRE99818L20131009| date=October 9, 2013| access-date=July 1, 2017| archive-date=October 5, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005143651/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/09/us-lockheed-satellites-idUSBRE99818L20131009| url-status=live}}</ref> Lockheed Martin has already begun to help the military transition to [[renewable energy]] sources with solar [[photovoltaic]] powered [[microgrids]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2013/may/mfc-051613-us-armyand-LM.html|title=U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin Commission Microgrid at Fort Bliss|publisher=Lockheed Martin}}</ref> and as the military aims to reach 25% renewable energy by 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/army-navy-and-air-force-on-track-for-3-gw-of-solar-by-2025|title=Army, Navy and Air Force on Track to Reach 3 GW of Solar by 2025|date=May 17, 2013|publisher=Greentech Media}}</ref> in order to improve [[national security]].<ref>Emily W. Prehoda, et al. 2017. [https://www.academia.edu/32808527/U.S._strategic_solar_photovoltaic-powered_microgrid_deployment_for_enhanced_national_security U.S. Strategic Solar Photovoltaic-Powered Microgrid Deployment for Enhanced National Security]. ''Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews'' '''78''', 167β175. {{doi|10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.094}}</ref>
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