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 $31,000,000 2018 contract to Lockheed Martin covered a launch and Moog’s orbital maneuvering vehicle and was originally planned for a spaceport at Sutherland in northern Scotland.
Lockheed Martin selected ABL Space Systems for the UK Pathfinder launch to use ABL’s integrated GS0 launch system and RS1 rocket for rapid site stand-up with limited on-site infrastructure.
The UK Space Agency agreed to allow Lockheed Martin to perform the Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Space Centre instead of Sutherland.
The first European Service Module is undergoing final integration with the Lockheed Martin–built Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight slated for later 2021 to certify the spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket for human spaceflight.
Tom Leisgang began his career at Lockheed Martin where he managed the Bus Functional Test Facility supporting production of more than 70 LEO satellite bus units.
Lockheed Martin will develop applications to be hosted on FORGE and Enterprise Ground Services.
Lockheed Martin received two contracts worth $7,800,000,000 for the development and production of three geosynchronous Next-Gen OPIR satellites.
Lockheed Martin’s 2021-01-04 contract requires the company to develop a ground system for Next-Gen OPIR and to produce a transition plan to migrate its proprietary technology to the Space and Missile Systems Center’s open architecture.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and BAE Systems collectively won 32 percent of all Department of Defense contract obligations in 2019.
Under an Orion production and operations contract, NASA ordered three Orion spacecraft from Lockheed Martin for Artemis missions III through V and plans to order three additional Orion spacecraft for Artemis missions VI through VIII with options for up to 12 missions in total.
Lockheed Martin completed a multi-band multi-mission phased array antenna prototype under the Defense Innovation Unit 2019 contract.
Lockheed Martin Space was previously chosen in August 2018 to develop the NGG SVs under a $2,900,000,000 award.
Lockheed Martin Space was awarded a $4,934,000,000 contract for the manufacturing, assembly, integration, test, and delivery of three Next Generation Geosynchronous (NGG) Earth-orbiting space vehicles (SVs).
Work on the Lockheed Martin NGG SVs is expected to be completed by 31 May 2028.
Work under the contract will be performed at Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California.
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $4,900,000,000 contract on 2021-01-04 for production of three geosynchronous Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites.
The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Lockheed Martin a $2,900,000,000 contract in August 2018 for development of the three GEO Next-Gen OPIR satellites.
Lockheed Martin has proposed a $4,400,000,000 acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Lockheed Martin expects the U.S. government to approve its proposed $4,400,000,000 acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.
The total transaction value for Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne is $4,400,000,000 including the assumption of net cash.