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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Three Next-Gen OPIR satellites are being built by Lockheed Martin and the first Next-Gen OPIR satellite is scheduled to launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2022ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite

Since 2007, the Lockheed Martin Ventures fund has invested in more than 70 startup companies.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2022Lockheed Martin’s venture capital fund doubles in size

Lockheed Martin doubled its venture capital fund from $200,000,000 to $400,000,000.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative FinancialAug 3, 2022Lockheed Martin’s venture capital fund doubles in size

In November, the U.S. Space Force ordered three GPS 3F satellites from Lockheed Martin for $737,000,000 under a 2018 agreement worth $7,200,000,000 for up to 22 spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2022Lockheed invests in Xona’s GPS-alternative constellation

In 2021, Lockheed Martin Ventures screened more than 1,000 start-up companies working in artificial intelligence, autonomy and robotics, cyber security, and quantum computing.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 3, 2022Lockheed Martin’s venture capital fund doubles in size

Lockheed Martin terminated its $4,400,000,000 acquisition deal for Aerojet Rocketdyne in February 2022, leaving Aerojet Rocketdyne an independent company.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductAug 2, 2022RS-25 delays impact Aerojet earnings

Lockheed Martin will launch three self-funded small satellites for the Space-Augmented JADO Environment (SAJE) test bed in early 2023, consisting of two Pony Express 2 satellites and one Tactical ISR and Communications satellite (TacSat).

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductJul 31, 2022Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023

Lockheed Martin will launch a constellation of self-funded small satellites in early 2023 to demonstrate space-enabled global battlefield awareness, sensing, and connectivity.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative PlanJul 31, 2022Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023

Two Pony Express 2 smallsats launching in early 2023 will demonstrate mesh networking, tactical communications, and Lockheed Martin’s SmartSat™ and HiveStar™ distributed application technologies.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2022Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023

Lockheed Martin terminated its agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in February 2022 after the FTC opposed the deal.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2022Northrop Grumman dismisses speculation that its 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK could be challenged

The first of the three Lockheed Martin Next Gen OPIR GEO satellites is scheduled to launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 28, 2022Rocket Lab to supply solar power for the USSF’s new missile warning satellites

The Federal Trade Commission sued in January 2022 to block Lockheed Martin’s planned acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne on grounds that the deal would create a monopoly for rocket and missile propulsion systems.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2022Northrop Grumman dismisses speculation that its 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK could be challenged

Lockheed Martin announced plans in December 2020 to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4,400,000,000.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 28, 2022Northrop Grumman dismisses speculation that its 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK could be challenged

For more than 50 years, Lockheed Martin has built and launched more than 120 weather and environmental spacecraft for U.S. civil and military agencies.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralJul 27, 2022Severe weather + climate monitoring instrumented + spacecraft studies to be initiated by Lockheed Martin for NOAA

Lockheed Martin will perform lightning mapper work at its Space facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area and spacecraft work at its Littleton, Colorado location.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductJul 27, 2022Severe weather + climate monitoring instrumented + spacecraft studies to be initiated by Lockheed Martin for NOAA

Lockheed Martin Space is one of two teams selected for a $5,000,000 contract to refine the concept for the GeoXO lightning mapper.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2022Severe weather + climate monitoring instrumented + spacecraft studies to be initiated by Lockheed Martin for NOAA

Rocket Lab and Lockheed Martin reached an agreement on 2022-07-27 to supply solar cells and radiation-hardened assemblies for the geostationary Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2022Rocket Lab to supply solar power units for U.S. Space Force missile warning satellites

Lockheed Martin will apply predictive analytics to help interpret GeoXO lightning data and build on software used to interpret data from NOAA’s GOES-R series.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductJul 27, 2022Severe weather + climate monitoring instrumented + spacecraft studies to be initiated by Lockheed Martin for NOAA

LM 2100 satellites can be equipped with an Augmentation System Port Interface (ASPIN) designed and implemented by Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralJul 27, 2022Severe weather + climate monitoring instrumented + spacecraft studies to be initiated by Lockheed Martin for NOAA

The second Tracking Layer launch, planned for March 2023, will include all four L3Harris satellites and additional satellites from the Transport Layer Tranche 0 produced by Lockheed Martin and York Space.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2022L3Harris to deliver five missile-warning satellites for 2023 launches
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