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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A team led by Nanoracks that includes Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin received the largest CLD award of $160,000,000.
Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin announced a space station concept called Starlab on 2021-10-21 that could be ready as soon as 2027.
The basic elements of the Starlab space station include a large inflatable habitat designed and built by Lockheed Martin, a metallic docking node, a power and propulsion element, a large robotic arm for servicing cargo and payloads, and the George Washington Carver Science Park.
Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, was awarded a $160,000,000 contract by NASA to design the Starlab commercial space station under the agency’s Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development program.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) named Robert Lightfoot executive vice president of its Space business area effective 2022-01-01.
Rick Ambrose will retire from Lockheed Martin on 2022-03-01 after more than 20 years of service to the company.
Rick Ambrose will retire from Lockheed Martin on 2021-03-01.
Lockheed Martin announced Robert Lightfoot will take over as executive vice president of its space business unit on 2021-01-01.
Under Lockheed Martin’s prime contractor leadership, NGG completed CDRs earlier 2021 for two mission payloads being competitively developed by subcontractor teams Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team.
NGG is being built on Lockheed Martin’s LM 2100 Combat Bus, which provides enhanced spacecraft power, propulsion, and electronics as well as common components and procedures to streamline manufacturing.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Space Force conducted the system level Critical Design Review for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (NGG) Block 0 program on 2021-10-28.
Lockheed Martin, in partnership with the U.S. Space Force, is developing and building three NGG Block 0 satellites.
Space Micro was awarded a contract to deliver ten Nanocom Software Defined Radios via Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellite constellation.
Space Micro announced a contract in October to deliver ten Nanocom software-defined radios to Lockheed Martin for inclusion in the satellites Lockheed Martin is building for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0 constellation.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts on 2021-11-19 to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon to develop interceptor missiles capable of hitting a hypersonic glide vehicle in flight.
In May, Lockheed Martin partnered with General Motors to work on the design of an Artemis lunar rover that combines Lockheed Martin’s space systems experience with General Motors’ electric vehicle and autonomy capabilities.
On 2021-10-26, GPS III SV10 completed a "core mate" operation to assemble it into a full space vehicle at Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility.
Lockheed Martin’s GPS III satellites (SV01-10) provide up to eight times improved anti-jamming capability compared to legacy GPS satellites.
The U.S. Space Force exercised a second contract option valued at approximately $737,000,000 to procure three additional GPS III Follow On space vehicles (GPS IIIF SV15-17) from Lockheed Martin.
GPS IIIF SV11 and SV12 were included in the original September 2018 GPS IIIF contract award to Lockheed Martin to build up to 22 GPS IIIF satellites.