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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On April 14, 2026, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Space a $68,546,456 contract modification for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Geosynchronous (GEO) program.
The Next-Generation OPIR GEO satellites are built on Lockheed Martin’s LM 2100 combat bus.
Work on the Next-Generation OPIR GEO contract modification is centered at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Boulder, Colorado.
Lockheed Martin Australia, the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group, and the Australian Army conducted a live-fire demonstration of an Australian-manufactured Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System missile at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia.
BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin introduced new satellites and initiatives for orbital warfare this week.
Australian engineers trained at Lockheed Martin’s US production facilities carried out final assembly and delivery of the missiles to the Australian Army before returning to establish the Port Wakefield production line.
Lockheed Martin’s Boulder, Colorado facility serves as the primary engineering hub for the satellite’s sensing and command-and-control architectures.
The April 14, 2026 contract modification brought the total cumulative value of Lockheed Martin Space’s Next-Generation OPIR GEO contract to approximately $8.2 billion.
The final milestone under the Guided Weapons Production Capability Risk Reduction Activity contract was achieved through collaboration among Lockheed Martin, the United States Government, the Australian Government, Defence, and local industry partners.
Lockheed Martin’s space dominance effort is intended to build common plug-and-play subsystems that can adapt to customer needs.
Lockheed Martin is self-funding two next-generation space dominance efforts for rendezvous and proximity operations and command and control.
Sentinel is Lockheed Martin’s baseline spacecraft for RG-XX.
Lockheed Martin plans to launch an asset into geosynchronous orbit to perform rendezvous and proximity operations maneuvers, command and control, and mission management.
Lockheed Martin was one of 14 Andromeda awardees for the Space Force’s $1.8 billion Geosynchronous Reconnaissance and Surveillance Constellation program.
Lockheed Martin and Terran Orbital can combine their research and development know-how to build capabilities for customers.
Lockheed Martin identified space situational awareness and protect-and-defend missions as two major current threats.
Lockheed Martin identified attitude control, power, propulsion, rendezvous, proximity, and operations as subsystems in its space dominance effort.
Lockheed Martin has early adopters providing input on the Vanguard and Sentinel efforts and establishing a demand signal.
Lockheed Martin is targeting late 2028 and early 2029 for the Vanguard and Sentinel demonstrations.
Lockheed Martin’s upcoming space dominance demonstrations will use a smaller satellite platform called Vanguard and a medium-class system called Sentinel.