According to the Department of Justice, the US is suing Lockheed Martin Services, Mission Support Alliance, and an LMT executive for allegations of a multibillion-dollar agreement to clean up the Hanford, Wash nuclear site, the biggest environmental cleanup in US history.
The allegation entails that LMT paid more than $1 million to executives of Mission Support Alliance, a joint venture that it partially owned, to help win a $232 million subcontract for providing management and technology support at the nuclear site during 2010-16. The allegation goes on to state that Lockheed bypassed open competition and concealed the amount of profit included in its billing rates.
Lockheed Martin disputed the charges. An LMT spokeswoman in an email said that Lockheed Martin categorically denies the allegations made by the Department of Justice and rejects the suggestion that the Corporation or Frank Armijo engaged in any wrongdoing, adding that Lockheed Martin will defend this matter vigorously. A spokeswoman for Mission Support Alliance said the company disagrees with the allegations, and they emphasized the firm’s commitment to “integrity and compliance at all levels of the company.”