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 companies awarded 2018-09-27 contracts to develop hypersonic weapon system concepts are BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, L3 Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Draper Laboratories.
The nine firms awarded $1,000,000 study contracts for Space Sensor Layer concept designs are Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics, Maxar Technologies, Draper Laboratories, Leidos, Millennium Space, and Boeing.
Lockheed Martin is partnering with commercial payload service provider NanoRacks to solicit ideas for payloads to fly on Orion missions.
Lockheed Martin partnered with NanoRacks in part because NanoRacks has extensive experience flying experiments to the International Space Station and deploying satellites from the ISS.
Lockheed Martin was awarded a non-competitive sole-source $2,900,000,000 contract on 2018-08-14 to produce three geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites for the next-generation OPIR program.
Lockheed Martin is working with the U.S. Air Force to speed satellite acquisition by introducing more commonality of parts and procedures into production, building predictability into schedules, and increasing use of additive manufacturing.
Lockheed Martin selected Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team to compete for the mission payloads of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Block 0 missile warning satellites.
For United Launch Alliance, the ViaSat-3 deal is its first commercial Atlas 5 contract since taking over commercial Atlas 5 sales from Lockheed Martin in January.
On 2018-09-14 the Air Force announced intent to acquire 22 GPS 3F satellites from Lockheed Martin under a $7,200,000,000 fixed-price deal.
Lockheed Martin is manufacturing GPS 3 satellites under a 2008 contract for 10 satellites.
Lockheed Martin received a $2,900,000,000 contract to build three next-generation OPIR strategic missile-warning satellites.
Lockheed Martin secured a $7,200,000,000 contract to produce up to 22 jam-resistant GPS III satellites.
Lockheed Martin received a $7,200,000,000 order for up to 22 additional GPS satellites.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1,300,000,000 contract for GPS 3F space vehicles 11 and 12.
Lockheed Martin was selected by the U.S. Air Force in 2008 to build the first 10 GPS 3 satellites.
Lockheed Martin will receive a $7,200,000,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture 22 Global Positioning System satellites.
The U.S. Air Force sought competitive bids in February for the next batch of 22 GPS satellites but received only Lockheed Martin’s proposal in April.
Lockheed Martin received $11,900,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.
Lockheed Martin participated in Terran Orbital’s $36,000,000 Series B funding round to support its LM50 smallsat line.
Lockheed Martin scheduled the upgraded legacy ground system to be ready by May 2019 and the M-Code early use software by 2020.