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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In September the Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $7,200,000,000 contract to build up to 22 follow-on satellites known as GPS 3F.
Lockheed Martin stands to build up to 32 GPS 3 satellites under contracts awarded in 2008 and 2018.
Lockheed Martin and Sequans Communications partnered to develop technologies that let 0.004 kg LTE devices connect directly to geostationary satellites.
Sequans Communications modified computer chips to work with a new LTE-to-satellite communication specification developed by Lockheed Martin.
Ball Aerospace and Lockheed Martin have built commercial imaging satellites providing 50-centimeter or better resolution.
Airbus Defence and Space and Lockheed Martin Space Systems were invited by the Chilean Air Force to respond to the 2019-02-03 RFI.
Mars One awarded study contracts in 2013 to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. to develop a communications-relay orbiter and to Lockheed Martin for a Mars lander based on NASA’s Phoenix mission design.
The legacy Iridium fleet built by Motorola and Lockheed Martin was designed mainly for voice communications.
SaudiGeoSat-1/Hellas Sat-4 is the first commercial satellite to use Lockheed Martin’s modernized LM2100 platform.
Lockheed Martin invested around $300,000,000 in a technology refresh for the LM2100 platform.
Guy Beutelschies, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of commercial satellite solutions, called SaudiGeoSat-1/Hellas Sat-4 the largest and most powerful commercial communications satellite Lockheed Martin has built.
Congress appropriated $451,000,000 in 2019 for GPS 3 satellites being built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems and $513,000,000 for the accompanying ground system.
Lockheed Martin is building the first 10 GPS 3 satellites under a 2008 contract and received a $7,200,000,000 contract for 22 follow-on GPS 3F satellites in September after Boeing and Northrop Grumman declined to bid.
SaudiGEOSat-1/Hellas Sat 4 is a condosat manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin’s space business unit reported $9,800,000,000 in net sales for 2018, a two percent increase over 2017.
Additional work on NASA’s Orion crewed spacecraft program resulted in an additional $65,000,000 in net sales for Lockheed Martin’s space unit in 2018.
Lockheed Martin’s space business unit had an operating profit of $1,060,000,000 for 2018, an eight percent increase from 2017.
Revenue from Lockheed Martin government satellite programs declined by $25,000,000 in 2018 due to lower volume.
Operating profit increases in Lockheed Martin’s space unit included a $40,000,000 increase from commercial satellites related to a lower amount of charges recorded for performance matters.
Lockheed Martin projects its space operating profit to drop to $935,000,000–$965,000,000 in 2019.