Case Study: Lockheed Martin achieves one F-35 per day through improved systems availability and automation with BMC Software

Lockheed Martin maximizes systems availability and automation to help complete an F-35 fighter jet every day

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics set an aggressive goal to build one F‑35 fighter jet per day as part of a multi‑thousand unit program, relying on IT to keep 1,500 critical engineering and manufacturing applications running at peak performance. The company’s challenge was limited visibility into the complex application and infrastructure dependencies needed to ensure uptime, diagnose problems quickly, and meet strict performance requirements.

Lockheed Martin integrated BMC Atrium CMDB, Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping (ADDM), and ProactiveNet Performance Management with its existing Remedy ITSM and BladeLogic automation to map applications and their dependencies. The solution delivered clear visibility, accelerated mean‑time‑to‑repair, eliminated manual architectural modeling, enabled automated performance monitoring, and provided a data‑driven foundation for proactive application management—helping sustain the uptime and reliability required to support the one‑fighter‑a‑day manufacturing goal.

Lockheed Martin

Shridhar Sreekanth

Enterprise Architect