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Lockheed Martin proposed to acquire Terran Orbital for $1 per share and withdrew that offer at the end of April 2024.
Lockheed Martin signed a contract to purchase 18 satellite buses from Terran Orbital, announced 2024-05-13.
Lockheed Martin offered on 2024-03-01 to acquire the two-thirds of Terran Orbital shares it does not already own for $1 per share.
Lockheed Martin launched the Pony Express 2 technology demonstration on 2024-03-04 to flight test cloud networking concepts.
Lockheed Martin proposed to acquire Terran Orbital on 2024-03-01.
Lockheed Martin reported annual revenue of $67,000,000,000.
Agile Space raised $13,000,000 in 2024 and one of its investors is Lockheed Martin Ventures.
Lockheed Martin has acquired Terran Orbital spacecraft buses for several of its programs, including spacecraft for Space Development Agency constellation programs.
Lockheed Martin proposed acquiring smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital for more than $500,000,000.
Most of Lockheed Martin’s small satellites are built using satellite buses supplied by Terran Orbital.
Lockheed Martin launched a satellite-servicing demonstration mission in 2022.
Pony Express 2 follows Lockheed Martin self-funded technology demonstrators that include an Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) Payload, LM LINUSS™, and Pony Express 1.
The 18 Tranche 2 Tracking Layer spacecraft will be assembled, integrated, and tested in Lockheed Martin's new small satellite Colorado-based processing facility designed for high-volume delivery of complete satellites.
SmartSat is built into several Lockheed Martin demonstrator satellites, including one Pony Express 1 satellite launched in 2019.
Lockheed Martin’s Ignite organization developed the ESA demonstrator payload as a self-funded technology demonstration.
The Fly the Lightning mission will deploy an Electronically Steered Antenna payload developed by Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin will receive $5,200,000 to create OPIR data exploitation prototypes for Space Systems Command.
Earlier 2023 Lockheed Martin successfully launched and tested the In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS) demonstrator to demonstrate how small satellites can upgrade and sustain space architectures with new capabilities.
Lockheed Martin is producing several other self-funded technology demonstrator spacecraft, including Pony Express 2 and the Tactical Satellite.
Lockheed Martin is producing self-funded technology demonstrator spacecraft including Pony Express 2 to demonstrate mesh networking among satellites.