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Lockheed Martin

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www.lockheedmartin.com
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Lockheed Martin printed the Remote Interface Unit, an aluminum box that houses avionic circuits, for the sixth U.S. Air Force Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite slated to launch in 2019.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/1/2018Lockheed Martin extends additive manufacturing to key spacecraft components

Florida invested $35,000,000 into an operations and checkout facility at Kennedy Space Center where Lockheed Martin is building NASA’s Orion multipurpose crew vehicle.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL10/15/201845th Space Wing gears up for surge in launch activity

Lockheed Martin is partnering with commercial payload service provider NanoRacks to solicit ideas for payloads to fly on Orion missions.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/5/2018Lockheed Martin considering flying commercial payloads on Orion

Lockheed Martin partnered with NanoRacks in part because NanoRacks has extensive experience flying experiments to the International Space Station and deploying satellites from the ISS.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/5/2018Lockheed Martin considering flying commercial payloads on Orion

Lockheed Martin is working with the U.S. Air Force to speed satellite acquisition by introducing more commonality of parts and procedures into production, building predictability into schedules, and increasing use of additive manufacturing.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/4/2018Lockheed Martin selects payload providers for next-generation missile warning satellites

For United Launch Alliance, the ViaSat-3 deal is its first commercial Atlas 5 contract since taking over commercial Atlas 5 sales from Lockheed Martin in January.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/2/2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

Lockheed Martin received a $2,900,000,000 contract to build three next-generation OPIR strategic missile-warning satellites.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/26/2018Lockheed Martin strengthens position in military satellite market

Lockheed Martin secured a $7,200,000,000 contract to produce up to 22 jam-resistant GPS III satellites.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/26/2018Lockheed Martin strengthens position in military satellite market

Lockheed Martin received a $7,200,000,000 order for up to 22 additional GPS satellites.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/26/2018World Satellite Business Week: May the satellite industry live in interesting times

Lockheed Martin received $11,900,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL9/13/2018IARPA aims to bring GEO into focus

Lockheed Martin participated in Terran Orbital’s $36,000,000 Series B funding round to support its LM50 smallsat line.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL9/12/2018GapSat places GEO smallsat order with Terran Orbital

The ULA contract with Viasat is the first commercial contract ULA directly signed since assuming responsibility for marketing and sales of the Atlas V launch vehicle from Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services earlier in 2018.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/9/2018Viasat Selects United Launch Alliance’s Proven Atlas V Rocket For Commercial Satellite Launch

Lockheed Martin is under contract to deliver AEHF-5 and AEHF-6 and the mission control segment for the AEHF program.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/30/2018USAF prepares to launch billion-dollar communications satellite while it studies future alternatives

Lockheed Martin increased its investment in Terran Orbital through Terran Orbital’s $36,000,000 Series B investment round announced 2018-08-06.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/22/2018Small satellites are at the center of a space industry transformation

Terran Orbital raised $36,000,000 in a Series B round from investors including Lockheed Martin, Beach Point Capital-managed funds, and Goldman Sachs on 2018-08-06.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/6/2018Terran Orbital raises $36 million in Series B investment round

Lockheed Martin received $31,000,000 from the UK Space Agency to support the United Kingdom's new spaceflight program.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL7/17/2018Clearer picture emerging of the future of “rapid space”

Lockheed Martin will develop the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellites for the next-generation OPIR program.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/4/2018Air Force to award contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman for future missile-warning satellite constellation

The Mars 2020 heat shield, a pathfinder based on the Mars Science Laboratory design, cracked during testing earlier in the month at a Lockheed Martin facility.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/4/2018Decision expected soon on adding helicopter to Mars 2020

Lockheed Martin is under contract to build the first 10 GPS 3 satellites.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/25/2018Northrop Grumman declines to bid on GPS 3 contract

Lockheed Martin reported overall net earnings of $1,160,000,000 for the first quarter of 2018, an increase of more than $350,000,000 versus the first quarter of 2017.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/24/2018Lockheed Martin confident about winning GPS 3 competition
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