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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Telesat is providing technical advice on optical links to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductOct 14, 2020Telesat wins DARPA contract to manufacture satellite buses for Blackjack program

Lockheed Martin and York Space each won contracts in August to produce 10 data-relay satellites that must be delivered within two years.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralOct 6, 2020DoD space agency driving Pentagon contractors to rethink their price points

The optical crosslinks in the Tracking Layer must be compatible with the optical links used in the Transport Layer satellites that Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems are building under contracts awarded in August.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2020L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites

Each of Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin is building an Evolved Strategic SATCOM prototype to be completed by 2025.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2020Boeing wins $298 million Space Force contract for jam-resistant communications satellite

Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, and L3Harris received contracts from the Defense Innovation Unit in April 2019 to develop phased array antenna prototypes.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralSep 29, 2020Space Force weighing options to modernize ground antennas for military satellites

Lockheed Martin is producing GPS 3 satellites 7 through 10.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralSep 25, 2020SpaceX’s GPS contract modified to allow reuse of Falcon 9 boosters

The U.S. Space Force awarded $685,000,000 in contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing in March to develop payloads for Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS).

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2020U.S. Space Force to receive sixth anti-jamming satellite by end of year

Lockheed Martin is one of the two companies selected to build 10 satellites each for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2020Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement

Telesat is a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency program and will provide technical advice to Lockheed Martin on the use of optical crosslinks to connect satellites on orbit.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2020Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement

Northrop Grumman received a $298,000,000 contract to develop a jam-resistant military satellite to supplement and eventually replace the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites made by Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2020Northrop Grumman wins $298 million contract to develop jam-resistant military satellite

Lockheed Martin received a $51,200,000 contract on 2020-09-16 to begin integrating U.S. missile warning satellites with a new ground system.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2020Military early warning satellites to begin migration to new ground system

The three Next Generation OPIR satellites that Lockheed Martin is developing are projected to start launching as early as 2025.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2020Military early warning satellites to begin migration to new ground system

The transition of SBIRS (either GEO-5 or GEO-6) to EGS will serve as a pathfinder for the migration of three Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) satellites that Lockheed Martin is developing.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductSep 16, 2020Military early warning satellites to begin migration to new ground system

Robert Lightfoot, vice president of Strategy and Business Development at Lockheed Martin, chaired the System Requirements Review.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductSep 14, 2020National Team Completes System Requirements Review to Define its Integrated Human Landing System Design

Lockheed Martin's $187,500,000 contract will have 10.6% of the work conducted in Backnang, Germany, where Tesat Spacecom is based.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductSep 14, 2020German export ban blocks Mynaric’s first laser terminal from launching in China

The U.S. Space Development Agency has contracts with York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin for each company to build 10 low-Earth-orbit communications satellites equipped with optical intersatellite links.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2020German export ban blocks Mynaric’s first laser terminal from launching in China

Lisa May, chief technologist for Lockheed Martin, emphasized the need to retire risks and prove technologies while working on the moon.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralSep 3, 2020Report sees ways Artemis supports sustainable human Mars exploration

Future Transport Layer satellites are expected to communicate with the Lockheed Martin-made F-35 combat aircraft using the Multifunction Advanced Data Link.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

Lockheed Martin will build 10 satellites for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency using small buses from Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract

Lockheed Martin previously worked with Tyvak on a mesh network demonstration in space known as Pony Express.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2020Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract
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