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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The Space Development Agency awarded contracts on 2024-01-16 to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space for the Tracking Layer Tranche 2 constellation with a combined value of about $2,500,000,000.
The contracts to Lockheed Martin and Boeing are part of a competition to build two satellites that will expand the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).
Lockheed Martin was selected in 2022 for two concept studies under NOAA’s GeoXO program focused on the spacecraft bus and lightning mapper development.
Lockheed Martin produced two primary instruments aboard GOES-R series satellites: the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager.
Lockheed Martin has supported the Spanish Navy for more than 20 years by delivering systems for F-100 frigates, S-80 submarines, MH-60R helicopters and SH-60B helicopters.
Lockheed Martin will provide two space vehicles with missile defense infrared sensors capable of generating fire control-quality tracks to provide preliminary missile defense mission capabilities.
Michael Corriea, vice president of Warning Programs at Lockheed Martin Space, supports the proliferated space architecture the Space Development Agency is building to protect the United States and allies.
Each Lockheed Martin-built Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite will incorporate a Terran Orbital bus.
Each Lockheed Martin-built Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite will carry an infrared missile tracking payload provided by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems - Optical Sensor Systems.
Lockheed Martin will provide 16 wide field-of-view missile warning and missile tracking space vehicles equipped with infrared sensors.
The satellites will be equipped with SmartSat, Lockheed Martin's software platform that enables dynamic mission additions and rapid mission changes in orbit through simple application uploads.
The 18 Tranche 2 Tracking Layer spacecraft will be assembled, integrated, and tested in Lockheed Martin's new small satellite Colorado-based processing facility designed for high-volume delivery of complete satellites.
The Space Development Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build 18 space vehicles for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer constellation.
Lockheed Martin’s Tranche 2 satellites will use Terran Orbital satellite buses and infrared missile-tracking payloads provided by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems.
The Space Development Agency selected L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space on 2024-01-16 to build and operate 54 satellites equipped with infrared sensors capable of tracking hypersonic missiles in all phases of flight.
SmartSat is built into several Lockheed Martin demonstrator satellites, including one Pony Express 1 satellite launched in 2019.
The contract awarded to Lockheed Martin for 18 Tranche 2 satellites is worth $890,000,000.
SDA has ordered 190 satellites for Transport Layer Tranche 2: 100 Alpha satellites to be manufactured by Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems and 90 Beta satellites to be produced by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Rocket Lab USA.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman were selected in 2024 to produce 72 Beta satellites for the Space Development Agency.
Assembly of the Quesst mission’s X-59 supersonic aircraft at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works in California was completed during 2023 with the installation of its jet engine, tail, and lower empennage.