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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Sierra Nevada Corporation intends to build additional Dream Chaser vehicles and is working with Lockheed Martin on a second structure.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipOct 16, 2019Sierra Nevada ready to complete assembly of first Dream Chaser spacecraft

Lockheed Martin built the primary structure of the first orbital Dream Chaser vehicle and shipped it from a Lockheed facility in Fort Worth, Texas to Sierra Nevada Corporation.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipOct 16, 2019Sierra Nevada ready to complete assembly of first Dream Chaser spacecraft

Bill Hanson is the mission success director at Lockheed Martin Space.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Manufacturers say wider range of satellites they build is stressing mission assurance

Lockheed Martin maintains a process library to determine necessary mission assurance tasks for spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductOct 10, 2019Manufacturers say wider range of satellites they build is stressing mission assurance

Lockheed Martin withdrew from the OSP program in 2016 before it was awarded any missions.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Air Force selects eight launch providers to compete for $986 million worth of orders

Lockheed Martin later formed the United Launch Alliance joint venture with Boeing using upgraded Atlas and Delta rockets.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralSep 25, 201930 Years in Space: a look at SpaceNews’ legacy

Martin Marietta acquired the Atlas business from General Dynamics in the 1990s before merging with Lockheed.

Mentioned as: lockheedTechnical ProductSep 25, 201930 Years in Space: a look at SpaceNews’ legacy

NASA awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin on 2019-09-23 for long-term production of the Orion spacecraft covering as many as 12 spacecraft to meet NASA’s anticipated needs into the 2030s.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinOrg RelationshipSep 24, 2019NASA awards long-term Orion production contract to Lockheed Martin

United Launch Alliance took over Delta launches in 2006 when it formed as a joint venture of Boeing’s and Lockheed Martin’s launcher businesses.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductAug 22, 2019Last Delta 4 Medium launches GPS-3 satellite

The U.S. Air Force selected Lockheed Martin in 2008 to build the first 10 GPS-3 satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Last Delta 4 Medium launches GPS-3 satellite

Lockheed Martin completed an Operational Control Segment software update in May and is preparing that system for installation to fly GPS-3 satellites until Raytheon’s OCX Block 1 is ready in 2021.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2019Last Delta 4 Medium launches GPS-3 satellite

After opening subsequent GPS-3 satellites to competition, the Air Force selected Lockheed Martin again in 2018 for up to 22 follow-on satellites valued at $7,200,000,000 after Boeing and Northrop Grumman declined to bid.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Last Delta 4 Medium launches GPS-3 satellite

The Air Force selected contractors for OSP-3 in 2012: SpaceX, Orbital Sciences Corp (later Orbital ATK, then Northrop Grumman), and Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralAug 16, 2019Air Force soliciting bids for small, medium satellite launch program

Lockheed Martin withdrew from the OSP-3 program in 2016 before it was awarded any missions.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 16, 2019Air Force soliciting bids for small, medium satellite launch program

In spring 2019 SMC selected three companies—Lockheed Martin teamed with Ball Aerospace, L3Harris, and Atlas Space Operations—to design Multi-Band Multi-Mission prototypes by spring 2020.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2019Air Force space modernization starts from the ground up

Lockheed Martin received two Space Act Agreements, one for testing advanced materials and one to develop autonomous systems to support in-space plant growth systems.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductJul 31, 2019Blue Origin and SpaceX among winners of NASA technology agreements for lunar landers and launch vehicles

Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in Rocket Lab’s Series B funding round in 2015 as a strategic investment of undisclosed size while Rocket Lab was developing the Electron small launcher.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralJul 23, 2019Lockheed Martin invests in small launch vehicle startup ABL Space Systems

Lockheed Martin considered using Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from a launch site in northern Scotland that the U.K. government will be developing.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 23, 2019Lockheed Martin invests in small launch vehicle startup ABL Space Systems

ABL Space Systems will use funds from Lockheed Martin Ventures’ investment to support the RS1 development and test program, including an integrated stage test later 2019.

Mentioned as: lockheed martin venturesNarrative FinancialJul 23, 2019Lockheed Martin invests in small launch vehicle startup ABL Space Systems

Lockheed Martin received a $31,000,000 award from the U.K. Space Agency in July 2018 to establish operations at the northern Scotland spaceport.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipJul 23, 2019Lockheed Martin invests in small launch vehicle startup ABL Space Systems
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