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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Lockheed Martin received a contract worth $737,000,000 for GPS 3F space vehicles 15, 16, and 17.
Lockheed Martin Space, working with NVIDIA under contract, will develop an Earth Observations Digital Twin to provide NOAA with high-resolution, accurate, and timely depictions of global conditions using current satellite and ground-based observations.
Lockheed Martin and NVIDIA are collaborating to build an AI-driven Earth Observations Digital Twin to provide NOAA with a centralized approach to monitor global environmental conditions, including extreme weather events.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated LunIR under contract with Lockheed Martin in support of Artemis 1.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated LunIR under contract with Lockheed Martin in support of Artemis 1.
Rocket Lab will supply more than 80 Lightband Separation Systems to prime contractor Lockheed Martin and another undisclosed customer that are manufacturing satellites for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Terran Orbital expects to deliver the 10 Tranche 0 buses to Lockheed Martin by the end of the year to meet the Space Development Agency’s target schedule to launch all 10 satellites in March.
Lockheed Martin has invested a total of $160,000,000 in Terran Orbital to date.
Lockheed Martin won a $187,500,000 contract in 2020 to produce 10 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.
Terran Orbital canceled plans to build a large factory in Florida and to develop a radar-imaging constellation following Lockheed Martin’s latest investment.
Lockheed Martin’s latest $100,000,000 investment in Terran Orbital is funding expansion of satellite manufacturing facilities in Irvine.
Lockheed Martin won a $700,000,000 contract earlier 2022 to produce 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.
Lockheed Martin will integrate the Tranche 0 buses with payloads at its manufacturing campus in Littleton, Colorado.
Lockheed Martin selected Terran Orbital as its satellite bus supplier for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer.
Rocket Lab will supply more than 80 Lightband Separation Systems to prime contractor Lockheed Martin and another undisclosed customer for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
The December mission is expected to carry four Tracking Layer satellites built by SpaceX and an unspecified number of Transport Layer satellites built by Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems.
Following the Lockheed Martin investment and allocation of production capacity to fulfill existing customer programs, Terran Orbital no longer plans to pursue investment in its own synthetic aperture radar constellation (PredaSAR) as previously planned.
The Space Development Agency selected Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space to each produce 42 satellites for the Transport Layer.
Lockheed Martin made a $100,000,000 investment in Terran Orbital on 2022-10-31 in exchange for convertible notes and warrants.
Terran Orbital intends to use the Lockheed Martin funds to acquire additional satellite assembly space, increase module production, satisfy working capital needs, and expand advanced manufacturing capabilities.