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 announced its intent to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in December 2020.
Lockheed Martin signed a contract in April 2021 for as many as 58 RS1 launches over the next decade and selected ABL to perform the UK Pathfinder launch from a spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
Lockheed Martin won a contract in 1996 to develop NASA’s X-33 program, which was intended as a suborbital prototype for an SSTO vehicle called VentureStar.
The Dodona mission is focused on Lockheed Martin’s optical payload and is the first USC satellite capable of taking photos of the Earth from space.
Lockheed Martin will operate a similar ground station at its Valley Forge facility in Pennsylvania.
Lockheed Martin planned three rapid prototyping missions in 2022 comprising dual LINUSS spacecraft in GEO by mid-May and dual Pony Express 2 spacecraft to low Earth orbit in October.
Leidos was formerly known as SAIC before merging with Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions in 2016.
The GOES-T spacecraft propulsion core module was delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado in July 2017 for spacecraft integration.
Lockheed Martin has been working with Amazon and Cisco on a project called Callisto that will be flown on the Artemis 1 mission launching no earlier than March.
Lockheed Martin signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA in late 2018 to support testing and inclusion of Callisto on Artemis 1 and paid the costs associated with that work.
Callisto was developed by Lockheed Martin, Amazon, and Cisco using their own funding.
The U.S. Air Force selected Lockheed Martin in 2010 to produce the GPS 3 generation.
The Transport Layer Tranche 0 is scheduled to launch in late 2022 and includes 10 satellites from York Space Systems and 10 satellites from Lockheed Martin.
Valley Tech Systems developed its controllable solid-propulsion technology under a series of Small Business Innovation Research contracts from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force with Lockheed Martin as the commercialization and technology transition partner.
Valley Tech Systems was awarded a subcontract worth up to $94,000,000 by Lockheed Martin for base and future option scope.
Under the subcontract for the technology development and risk reduction phase, Valley Tech Systems will deliver a flight-qualified, production-ready subsystem to Lockheed Martin in support of the 2027 fielding date.
Valley Tech Systems developed its NGI propulsion technology under a series of Small Business Innovation Research contracts awarded by the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force with Lockheed Martin as the commercialization and technology transition partner.
Valley Tech Systems is scheduled to deliver a flight-qualified, production-ready propulsion subsystem to Lockheed Martin in time for the Next Generation Interceptor to be fielded in 2027.
The subcontract between Valley Tech Systems and Lockheed Martin announced on 2021-12-07 covers the technology development and risk reduction phase for the Next Generation Interceptor propulsion subsystem.
Valley Tech Systems won a $94,000,000 contract from Lockheed Martin to provide a solid propulsion subsystem for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor.