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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Northrop Grumman developed the AEHF payloads under contract to Lockheed Martin, the AEHF prime contractor.
L3Harris received a $243,000,000 contract from Lockheed Martin in April to provide two fully digital navigation signals for the 11th and 12th vehicles of the GPS 3 constellation.
In September 2018 the U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth $7,200,000,000 to build up to 22 GPS 3F satellites.
Lockheed Martin is making 10 GPS 3 satellites use L3Harris’ 70-percent digital mission data unit.
Lockheed Martin is under contract to build up to 32 GPS 3 satellites.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract in September 2018 for up to 22 GPS 3F satellites.
FORGE will replace the Lockheed Martin-developed technology currently used to manage and process data from the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning satellite constellation.
Any higher bids for GalacticSky must be at least $4,900,000 to compensate Lockheed Martin for expenses and to pay a $200,000 break-up fee.
Lockheed Martin agreed to purchase Vector’s GalacticSky software-defined satellite technology for $4,250,000 as a stalking-horse bidder.
Lockheed Martin tested advanced satellite computing and communications technology in a hosted payload called Pony Express 1 flown on the cubesat Tyvak-0129 launched in December.
Eleven companies won concept study and prototype development awards from NASA in May, including Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX, with a combined value of $45,500,000.
Steven Walker will become vice president and chief technology officer of Lockheed Martin effective 2020-01-13.
Lockheed Martin Corporation manufactures the SBIRS satellites and Northrop Grumman Corporation manufactures the SBIRS payloads.
The GeoCarb instrument is being built by Lockheed Martin and will be ready for launch in 2022.
Under a 2019-11-20 agreement, Lockheed Martin provided Vector with a $500,000 secured loan and proposed purchasing Vector’s GalacticSky assets for no more than $2,500,000.
Ryan Terry, director of regulatory licensing and policy at Lockheed Martin, views C-band as the workhorse of the satellite industry that delivers an exceptional amount of content around the United States and identifies protection of earth stations from potential interference by nearby terrestrial operations as a concern.
Lockheed Martin has delivered five of the six AEHF satellites procured by the U.S. Air Force.
AEHF satellites are manufactured at Lockheed Martin’s plant in Sunnyvale, California.
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $3,300,000,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center on 2019-11-15 for support services on classified military communications satellites.
The U.K. government announced in July 2018 that it would fund development of a vertical launch site in northern Scotland and support Lockheed Martin and Orbex to fly small launch vehicles from the site.