WASHINGTON, DC—Lockheed Martin’s missile and fire control assembly plant in Grand Prairie, TX, is one of four organizations to win this year’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the Commerce Department.

WASHINGTON—Not many 25-year-olds can boast that in their short lifetime they have helped thousands of organizations develop and maintain world-class operations, innovative management, efficient procedures, involved workforces and highly satisfied customers. But one certainly can: the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.