PARSIPPANY — Marotta Controls, an aerospace and defense supplier based in Parsippany, has been named one of 11 recipients of the Lockheed Martin Exceptional Small Business Performance Award for 2025 — marking the fifth time the company has earned the honor.
The annual award, presented by Lockheed Martin, recognizes small business suppliers that delivered the greatest value and innovation over the previous year.
“Earning this honor for the fifth time speaks to the depth and durability of our partnership with Lockheed Martin,” said Steven Fox, Senior Vice President of Power and Actuation Systems at Marotta Controls. “For more than a decade and a half, our teams have worked side by side on some of the most demanding programs in the Missiles and Fire Control portfolio, consistently delivering the precision, performance and reliability those missions require.”
Fox added that the recognition reflects the company’s role as more than just a vendor. “Being named among an elite group of Exceptional Small Businesses this year reinforces that Marotta is more than a supplier — we’re a trusted extension of the Lockheed Martin team, ready to meet today’s mission and the ones still ahead.”
Founded in 1943, Marotta Controls was previously recognized with the award in 2022 and 2023 for fulfilling subassembly needs for Lockheed Martin’s next-generation Precision-Strike Missile (PrSM) developed for the U.S. Army, and earned the award in 2013 and 2015 for its development of missile program power supplies.
Andy Booker, Vice President of Lockheed Martin Global Supply Chain Operations, praised the Parsippany firm’s performance. “Marotta Controls has consistently out-performed every contractual milestone, delivering key hardware a full year ahead of schedule and maintaining that lead-time advantage across successive programs,” Booker said. “By internalizing the high-volume Motorfox line, Marotta gave Lockheed Martin direct control of a critical actuation subsystem, eliminating a single point-of-failure and markedly improving system reliability.”
