{"id":71760,"date":"2025-12-04T23:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/71760\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:30:38","slug":"orange-county-fire-crews-respond-to-orlandos-lockheed-martin-facility-what-we-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/71760\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County fire crews respond to Orlando&#8217;s Lockheed Martin facility: what we know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Orange County fire crews responded to Lockheed Martin on Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Multiple firefighters were seen at the company&#8217;s facility on Sand Lake Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No injuries were reported from the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Fire crews responded to Lockheed Martin&#8217;s Orlando facility on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Fire crews responded to Lockheed Martin on Sand Lake Road on Dec. 3, 2025. (Source: SKYFOX)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/785be65b2f2a17ad675f5abaa6587421.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fire crews responded to Lockheed Martin on Sand Lake Road on Dec. 3, 2025. (Source: SKYFOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Multiple fire trucks responded to Lockheed Martin&#8217;s Orlando facility on Sand Lake Road.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Fire crews responded to Lockheed Martin on Sand Lake Road on Dec. 3, 2025. (Source: SKYFOX)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/230a28fc8aea3028dd65467567181a88.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fire crews responded to Lockheed Martin on Sand Lake Road on Dec. 3, 2025. (Source: SKYFOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials did not verify what the response was for. In aerial footage captured by SKYFOX Wednesday afternoon, firefighters were seen walking around a building at the facility and spraying down people in silver reflective suits.<\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin responds<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement to FOX 35, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said, &#8220;We are aware of the situation at our Sand Lake Road facility and are working closely with local officials. The impacted area has been evacuated, and all employees are safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s not known if there were any injuries from the incident.<\/p>\n<p>What is Lockheed Martin?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lockheed Martin is an aeronautics and global defense technology company that commissions technology and weapons systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The company, which is headquartered in Bethesda, MD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/en-us\/news\/features\/history.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:dates back to 1912;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">dates back to 1912<\/a>. Its Orlando location was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.orlando.org\/blog\/lockheed-martins-history-in-orlando\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:built in 1957;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">built in 1957<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Wednesday, Lockheed Martin also opened a Hypersonics System Integration Lab at its Huntsville, Alabama facility \u2013 dedicated to delivering rapid, reliable solutions to defense partners, the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.lockheedmartin.com\/2025-12-3-Lockheed-Martin-Opens-17,000-Square-Foot-System-Integration-Lab-for-Hypersonic-Capabilities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:press release;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After its one-year construction and $17.1 million in capital investment, the Hypersonics System Integration Lab advances hypertonic technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Hypersonic weapons, capable of traveling at five times the speed of sound, have become a central pillar of that modernization effort,&#8221; the press release said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this story was sourced from a statement to FOX 35 and a Lockheed Martin press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Orange County fire crews responded to Lockheed Martin on Dec. 3. 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