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 2016 the Air Force contracted Lockheed Martin to develop a contingency upgrade for the GPS operational control segment and M-Code early use.
Lockheed Martin invested in Terran Orbital, while Boeing acquired Millennium Space Systems to capitalize on the small satellite trend.
The ULA contract with Viasat is the first commercial contract ULA directly signed since assuming responsibility for marketing and sales of the Atlas V launch vehicle from Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services earlier in 2018.
The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin approximately $1,000,000,000 in contracts to develop hypersonic missiles.
The Pentagon has committed to buying two more AEHF satellites from Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
Lockheed Martin is under contract to deliver AEHF-5 and AEHF-6 and the mission control segment for the AEHF program.
Lockheed Martin shipped AEHF-4 aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft on 2018-07-27 from Sunnyvale, California, to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Lockheed Martin increased its investment in Terran Orbital through Terran Orbital’s $36,000,000 Series B investment round announced 2018-08-06.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, California will manufacture three geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) space vehicles for next-generation OPIR to be completed by April 2021.
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $2,900,000,000 U.S. Air Force contract for three missile-warning satellites known as next-generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR).
The Space and Missile Systems Center is using expedited procurement authorities to buy five missile-warning satellites from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Lockheed Martin will receive $31,000,000 to establish launch operations in Sutherland and to support development of an upper stage called the Small Launch Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle to be built in the U.K. by Moog.
Lockheed Martin Space has invested $100,000,000 in corporate R&D for technologies that would advance hypersonic defense.
The $31,000,000 Lockheed Martin award includes funding for a technology demonstration cubesat for Orbital Micro Systems.
The Telkom-1 satellite was built by Lockheed Martin, was 18 years old, and had been operating three years past its design life.
Lockheed Martin expanded its relationship with Terran Orbital as both an investor and a customer to support the LM 50 Series Satellite Bus System.
Terran Orbital raised $36,000,000 in a Series B round from investors including Lockheed Martin, Beach Point Capital-managed funds, and Goldman Sachs on 2018-08-06.
The U.K. Space Agency awarded £23.5 million on 2018-07-16 to Lockheed Martin to set up operations at a new spaceport the government will establish in northern Scotland.
Lockheed Martin's space business generates $9,000,000,000 per year.
Jim Bridenstine met with executives from Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, Airbus, and Arianespace at the Farnborough International Airshow, according to a NASA activity readout provided 2018-07-16.