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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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FLTA007 carried payloads for Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026So it turns out that FLTA007 did in fact carry a satellite for Lockheed Martin. The payload has been cataloged as "ICOR SV", which we hadn't heard about before. Given the secrecy, I'd say it's likely demonstrating more classified technologies compared to the previous tech demo's.

Alpha Flight 7 achieved nominal orbital insertion and deployed a technology demonstrator payload for Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly Aerospace Returns to Flight with Successful “Stairway to Seven” Mission

Eric Truitt previously co-founded satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital, which Lockheed Martin acquired, and its subsidiary PredaSAR.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductMar 12, 2026Latest News

Flight 7 deployed a demonstration payload for Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Reaches Orbit

Jeff Schrader is vice president, Strategy & Business Development at Lockheed Martin Space.

Mentioned as: lockheed martin spaceNarrative GovernanceMar 11, 2026Anti-Jamming Capability to be Added to Future Japanese Satellites

The continuation/termination review was triggered because Lockheed Martin’s engineering cost overruns crossed SIMPLEx’s $55 million budget cap.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative FinancialMar 9, 2026NASA falters in communications yet again with Lunar Trailblazer failure | Moon Monday #265

The Lockheed Martin initiative is divided into two primary pillars focused on production and research at NETPark and NESST.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GrowthMar 9, 2026Lockheed Martin Commits £100M to UK Space Hub; New Manufacturing Plant to Create 2,000 Jobs

Lockheed Martin’s anchor tenancy at NESST is intended to create an accelerator for small-to-medium enterprises and allow British startups to plug into Lockheed Martin’s $15 billion global supply chain.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2026Lockheed Martin Commits £100M to UK Space Hub; New Manufacturing Plant to Create 2,000 Jobs

Lockheed Martin is establishing a UK Space Prime presence to provide the Ministry of Defence and civilian agencies with direct access to advanced space control and security technology.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2026Lockheed Martin Commits £100M to UK Space Hub; New Manufacturing Plant to Create 2,000 Jobs

The five contractors for the MTSS study were McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, General Electric, Lockheed, Martin, and General Dynamics/Astronautics.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2026McDonnell’s Military Test Space Station (MTSS)

Paul Livingston is the Chief Executive of Lockheed Martin UK & NATO.

Mentioned as: lockheed martin ukNarrative GovernanceMar 9, 2026Lockheed Martin Commits £100M to UK Space Hub; New Manufacturing Plant to Create 2,000 Jobs

As of February 2026, neither Lockheed Martin nor NASA provided a spokesperson for commentary on the Trailblazer failure analysis.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2026NASA falters in communications yet again with Lunar Trailblazer failure | Moon Monday #265

Lockheed Martin did not properly test Trailblazer’s pointing software before launch.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductMar 9, 2026NASA falters in communications yet again with Lunar Trailblazer failure | Moon Monday #265

BlackSky and Lockheed Martin are identified as key participants in the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 8, 2026BlackSky Awarded $99M Air Force Contract for Advanced Optical Testbed; Lockheed Martin Expands Missile Production

Major current players in the space situational awareness market include Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Kratos, Parsons, and Peraton.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralMar 8, 2026A UK Launch Company in Crisis, and NASA Taps a Fresh Face for the Sixth Private ISS Mission

The SDA is considering shifting planes of satellites between vendors and potentially moving a second batch of York Space Systems satellites onto an earlier launch slot if Lockheed Martin requires more time for troubleshooting.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductMar 8, 2026Space Development Agency Faces “Growing Pains” as PWSA Scaling Hits Chokepoints

The Lockheed Martin LRASM production effort aligns with an industry-wide initiative to substantially increase munitions output following high-level meetings between defense primes and the current U.S. administration.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GrowthMar 8, 2026BlackSky Awarded $99M Air Force Contract for Advanced Optical Testbed; Lockheed Martin Expands Missile Production

Lockheed Martin will provide an advanced anti-jamming communications payload for Japan’s next-generation defense satellites, integrated by Mitsubishi Electric.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductMar 5, 2026In Defence of Canada Briefing (Issue 1)

Mitsubishi Electric and Lockheed Martin signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on GEO defense satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductMar 5, 2026PLD Space Closes €180M Series C, Eyes Flight Test This Year

A $17 million Series A funding round for Agile Space Industries closed in February with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures.

Mentioned as: lockheed martin venturesNarrative FinancialMar 1, 2026Congress Pushes Back on FCC Overreach
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