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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Lockheed Martin plans to launch Pony Express 2 to demonstrate mesh networking across satellites.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/28/2023Firefly to launch a Lockheed Martin satellite antenna demonstration

Lockheed Martin plans to launch Pony Express 2 to demonstrate mesh networking across satellites.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/28/2023Firefly to launch a Lockheed Martin satellite antenna demonstration

Lockheed Martin will launch the Advanced 0.005 kg NTN payload to orbit in a self-funded mission in 2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/16/2023Lockheed Martin Readies First 5G.MIL Payload for Orbital Deployment

Lockheed Martin plans to launch a payload to low Earth orbit in 2024 to demonstrate 0.005 kg connectivity from space.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/16/2023Lockheed Martin to demonstrate space-based 5G network

Lockheed Martin plans to launch a payload to low Earth orbit in 2024 to demonstrate 0.005 kg connectivity from space.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/16/2023Lockheed Martin to demonstrate space-based 5G network

Over the past three years, Lockheed Martin has been investing in, developing, and demonstrating fixed, relocatable, mobile, and space variants of its Hybrid Base Stations.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL11/16/2023Lockheed Martin Readies First 5G.MIL Payload for Orbital Deployment

Lockheed Martin connected the Advanced 0.005 kg Satellite Base Station to industry-leading prototype NTN user equipment through a space communications channel emulator that introduced doppler and delay parameters consistent with a satellite Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

NARRATIVE PLAN11/14/2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin has invested in, developed, and demonstrated fixed, relocatable, mobile, and space variants of its Hybrid Base Stations over the past three years.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL11/14/2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin will launch the 0.005 kg NTN payload to orbit in 2024 on a self-funded mission to prove its capability to connect the globe.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/14/2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin attempted to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in 2020 for $4,400,000,000 but that acquisition was blocked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/1/2023SpaceNews Icon Awards honorees: Deal of the Year

Lockheed Martin will build the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites.

NARRATIVE PLAN10/26/2023TESAT successfully completes optical terminal interoperability tests

Lockheed Martin has won orders for 88 satellites from the Space Development Agency, including portions of the Transport Layer Tranche 0 and Tranche 1 constellations.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/24/2023Terran Orbital to build 36 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon each won $30,000,000 contracts to develop Griffon prototypes.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/26/2023Space Force selects university partner to evaluate classified ground systems software

Lockheed Martin was selected to build 42 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for the Space Development Agency that SDA plans to launch in late 2024.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/19/2023CACI optical terminals pass initial tests required for Space Development Agency satellites

Lockheed Martin was selected to build 42 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for the Space Development Agency that SDA plans to launch in late 2024.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/19/2023CACI optical terminals pass initial tests required for Space Development Agency satellites

Lockheed Martin is partnering with industry suppliers and small businesses and using streamlined smallsat processing methods to support the Space Development Agency's proliferation and spiral development approach and accelerate technology innovation and delivery.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/4/2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

The Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites and the Tranche 2 Beta satellites will be assembled, integrated, and tested in Lockheed Martin’s new small satellite processing facility designed for high-volume delivery of complete satellites.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/4/2023Launch Addendum: Lockheed Martin reports on their Transport Layer Satellites launch as part of the SDA’s Tranche 0 mission

The Tranche 1 Transport Layer and Tranche 2 Beta satellites will be assembled, integrated, and tested in Lockheed Martin's new small satellite processing facility designed for high-volume delivery of complete satellites.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/4/2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

Lockheed Martin is currently building 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/4/2023Lockheed Martin-Built Satellites Successfully Launched as Part of SDA's Tranche 0 Mission

Lockheed Martin has extensive experience working with Link 16 and identifies developing a space-qualified Link 16 product as a new challenge.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/4/2023DoD satellites in low Earth orbit promise more connectivity for military users
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