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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.
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.
Lockheed Martin is partnering with commercial payload service provider NanoRacks to solicit ideas for payloads to fly on Orion missions.
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.
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.
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.
Lockheed Martin received a $2,900,000,000 contract to build three next-generation OPIR strategic missile-warning satellites.
Lockheed Martin secured a $7,200,000,000 contract to produce up to 22 jam-resistant GPS III satellites.
Lockheed Martin received a $7,200,000,000 order for up to 22 additional GPS satellites.
Lockheed Martin received $11,900,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.
Lockheed Martin participated in Terran Orbital’s $36,000,000 Series B funding round to support its LM50 smallsat line.
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.
Lockheed Martin is under contract to deliver AEHF-5 and AEHF-6 and the mission control segment for the AEHF program.
Lockheed Martin increased its investment in Terran Orbital through Terran Orbital’s $36,000,000 Series B investment round announced 2018-08-06.
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.
Lockheed Martin received $31,000,000 from the UK Space Agency to support the United Kingdom's new spaceflight program.
Lockheed Martin will develop the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellites for the next-generation OPIR program.
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.
Lockheed Martin is under contract to build the first 10 GPS 3 satellites.
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.