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 $3,500,000 contract to develop a flexible architecture to allow seamless switching between multiple satellite constellations.
The NG-12 Cygnus is carrying the AstroRad Vest developed by StemRad and Lockheed Martin to test selective radiation shielding for astronauts during solar storms.
The Day 3 issue of the Show Daily was published 2019-10-23 and features a cover story on Blue Origin joining forces with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper to compete for NASA’s lunar lander contract.
SNC’s Dream Chaser primary structure, made entirely of carbon composite materials, was produced at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas that makes components for the F-35.
On 2019-10-22, Jeff Bezos presented a plan for Blue Origin to work with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper on a lunar lander proposal for NASA’s Human Landing Services competition.
Sierra Nevada Corporation intends to build additional Dream Chaser vehicles and is working with Lockheed Martin on a second structure.
Lockheed Martin built the primary structure of the first orbital Dream Chaser vehicle and shipped it from a Lockheed facility in Fort Worth, Texas to Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Lockheed Martin withdrew from the OSP program in 2016 before it was awarded any missions.
Lockheed Martin maintains a process library to determine necessary mission assurance tasks for spacecraft.
Bill Hanson is the mission success director at Lockheed Martin Space.
Lockheed Martin later formed the United Launch Alliance joint venture with Boeing using upgraded Atlas and Delta rockets.
Martin Marietta acquired the Atlas business from General Dynamics in the 1990s before merging with Lockheed.
NASA awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin on 2019-09-23 for long-term production of the Orion spacecraft covering as many as 12 spacecraft to meet NASA’s anticipated needs into the 2030s.
After opening subsequent GPS-3 satellites to competition, the Air Force selected Lockheed Martin again in 2018 for up to 22 follow-on satellites valued at $7,200,000,000 after Boeing and Northrop Grumman declined to bid.
United Launch Alliance took over Delta launches in 2006 when it formed as a joint venture of Boeing’s and Lockheed Martin’s launcher businesses.
The U.S. Air Force selected Lockheed Martin in 2008 to build the first 10 GPS-3 satellites.
Lockheed Martin completed an Operational Control Segment software update in May and is preparing that system for installation to fly GPS-3 satellites until Raytheon’s OCX Block 1 is ready in 2021.
The Air Force selected contractors for OSP-3 in 2012: SpaceX, Orbital Sciences Corp (later Orbital ATK, then Northrop Grumman), and Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin withdrew from the OSP-3 program in 2016 before it was awarded any missions.
In spring 2019 SMC selected three companies—Lockheed Martin teamed with Ball Aerospace, L3Harris, and Atlas Space Operations—to design Multi-Band Multi-Mission prototypes by spring 2020.