Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company heavily involved in the space industry. As a manufacturer and systems integrator, they develop and produce commercial and military satellites, space probes, missile defense systems, and spacecraft, including NASA's Orion spacecraft. Lockheed Martin partners with organizations like NASA, ESA, and the U.S. Space Force, providing key technologies and services for space exploration, earth observation, and national security missions.
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Orion for Artemis III was built by Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin is planning for a 632% increase in satellite and space-vehicle deliveries under its long-range plan.
Lockheed Martin’s supplier network includes roughly 13,200 vendors in 52 countries.
The Space Development Agency’s next launch will be either T1TL-A with satellites from Northrop Grumman or T1TL-F with satellites from Lockheed Martin.
The Department of Defence commenced operations with Lockheed Martin Australia in a new Missile Assembly Facility in Port Wakefield, South Australia, in December.
Lockheed Martin Ventures, MESH, PEAK6, Draper Associates, Starboard Star Venture Capital, Green Sands Equity, Seraph Group, and Trousdale Ventures participated in Venus Aerospace’s Series B round.
Lockheed Martin received an Air Force Research Laboratory contract in November 2023 for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear project.
DARPA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract in July 2023 to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft.
The NASA phase 1 teams were led by Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse, and IX, a joint venture of Intuitive Machines and X-Energy.
Av-Comm Space and Defence collaborated with Lockheed Martin on Commonwealth space and defence missions.
Denis Young has worked at Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Hiber, and Bots.io.
Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in Venus Aerospace’s $91 million Series B round.
Candace Johnson participated in the development of International Launch Services, the 1995 joint venture between Khrunichev and Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin has performed technical and programmatic analysis for human lunar landers to return humans to the Moon as quickly as possible if NASA calls on the company.
The Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program is managed by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Construction of Lockheed Martin Australia’s Air Power Precinct is expected to begin immediately, and operations are planned for 2028.
The 12 space-based interceptor OTA awardees were Anduril, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, GITAI USA Inc, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar Inc, Raytheon, Sci-Tec Inc, SpaceX, True Anomaly Inc, and Turion Space Corp.
The Air Power Precinct will support Lockheed Martin Australia’s F-35 sustainment team and enable a dedicated canopy-repair capability in Australia.
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and Raytheon were included among the 12 space-based interceptor OTA awardees.
Lockheed Martin Australia’s Air Power Precinct is expected to generate more than 200 construction jobs, create more than 60 new aerospace jobs, and sustain more than 230 ongoing engineering and technical roles once operational.