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Lockheed Martin

US
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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The 2021 budget includes $628,000,000 to acquire two GPS 3 Follow-On satellites from Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2020Space Force’s 2021 budget plan is heavy on satellites and launch

Lockheed Martin delivered the sixth and final AEHF satellite for a scheduled March 2021 launch.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralMar 6, 2020Space Force’s 2021 budget plan is heavy on satellites and launch

Lockheed Martin is under contract to produce 10 GPS 3 satellites and 22 GPS 3 Follow-On models.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2020Space Force’s 2021 budget plan is heavy on satellites and launch

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center selected Boeing and Lockheed Martin on 2020-03-03 to develop jam-resistant communications payloads under the Protected Tactical Satcom program.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2020Boeing, Lockheed win U.S. Space Force contracts to develop satcom payloads

Lockheed Martin received a $240,000,000 contract for Protected Tactical Satcom payload development.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2020Boeing, Lockheed win U.S. Space Force contracts to develop satcom payloads

Lockheed Martin will acquire the satellite technology assets of Vector by default after a bankruptcy court received no qualified bids by the 2020-02-21 deadline.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 24, 2020Lockheed to obtain Vector satellite assets

The deal for Lockheed Martin to obtain GalacticSky will be finalized at a 2020-02-28 court hearing.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 24, 2020Lockheed to obtain Vector satellite assets

Vector filed a patent-infringement suit against Lockheed Martin after Lockheed announced its SmartSat software-defined satellite technology in March 2019.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2020Lockheed to obtain Vector satellite assets

Lockheed Martin is working on its own software-defined satellite technology and flew a Pony Express 1 payload that tested advanced satellite computing and communications on an experimental cubesat launched in December.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2020Lockheed to obtain Vector satellite assets

Lockheed Martin will obtain Vector’s GalacticSky assets with a stalking-horse bid of $4,250,000 under the terms of a 2020-01-24 filing.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 24, 2020Lockheed to obtain Vector satellite assets

The Space Force requested $255,000,000 to launch two GPS III satellites that are already in production at Lockheed Martin’s assembly line.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2020U.S. military’s annual list of ‘unfunded priorities’ includes $1 billion for Space Force

Lockheed Martin Space vice president Guy Beutelschies estimated optimistic 2020 forecasts at 20 satellites, pessimistic estimates at 10 to 11, and suggested 14 as a reasonable number for 2020.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralFeb 21, 2020Geostationary satellite orders bouncing back

Lockheed Martin incurred approximately $410,000,000 in cumulative losses on the first three commercial satellites built on its LM2100 platform as of 2019-12-31.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 19, 2020Lockheed Martin lost $410 million on latest three commercial satellite orders

A 2020-02-07 Lockheed Martin filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicates the three commercial satellites experienced performance issues related to the development and integration of their LM2100 platforms.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductFeb 19, 2020Lockheed Martin lost $410 million on latest three commercial satellite orders

JCSAT-17 has a mass of 5,900 kg and was manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2020Japanese communications satellite and South Korean weather satellite launch on Ariane 5

Northrop Grumman developed the AEHF payloads under contract to Lockheed Martin, the AEHF prime contractor.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 13, 2020Northrop Grumman to develop jam-resistant payload for U.S. military communications satellites

Lockheed Martin is making 10 GPS 3 satellites use L3Harris’ 70-percent digital mission data unit.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralFeb 11, 2020Navigation payload for next-generation GPS satellites passes critical design review

In September 2018 the U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth $7,200,000,000 to build up to 22 GPS 3F satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 11, 2020Navigation payload for next-generation GPS satellites passes critical design review

L3Harris received a $243,000,000 contract from Lockheed Martin in April to provide two fully digital navigation signals for the 11th and 12th vehicles of the GPS 3 constellation.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipFeb 11, 2020Navigation payload for next-generation GPS satellites passes critical design review

Lockheed Martin is under contract to build up to 32 GPS 3 satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralFeb 9, 2020Lockheed Martin delivers new GPS satellite scheduled for April launch aboard Falcon 9
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