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Lockheed Martin

US
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Lockheed Martin won a contract in 2008 to produce 10 GPS 3 satellites and has transitioned production to the GPS 3F version.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/28/2022Space Force orders three GPS satellites for $744 million

Lockheed Martin received a $511,000,000 contract option in October 2020 for two GPS 3F satellites identified as space vehicles 13 and 14.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/28/2022Space Force orders three GPS satellites for $744 million

Lockheed Martin received a $1,300,000,000 order in September 2018 for two GPS 3F satellites identified as space vehicles 11 and 12.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/28/2022Space Force orders three GPS satellites for $744 million

Lockheed Martin received a contract worth $737,000,000 for GPS 3F space vehicles 15, 16, and 17.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/28/2022Space Force orders three GPS satellites for $744 million

Lockheed Martin won a $187,500,000 contract in 2020 to produce 10 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/14/2022Terran Orbital sees staff departures as it turns focus to military satellites

Lockheed Martin won a $700,000,000 contract earlier 2022 to produce 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/14/2022Terran Orbital sees staff departures as it turns focus to military satellites

Lockheed Martin has invested in Terran Orbital since 2017.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL10/31/2022Lockheed Martin ups stake in Terran Orbital, invests $100 million to expand smallsat manufacturing

York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin each won contracts in August 2020 to supply 10 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 0.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/6/2022York Space wins $200 million Space Development Agency contract for 12 satellites

Lockheed Martin invested in Terran Orbital to acquire small satellite expertise and strengthen its supply chain.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/12/2022Riding the consolidation wave

Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colorado received a $6,200,000 award for vertical solar array development.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/26/2022NASA Selects Three Companies to Develop Solar Array Technology for Moon Exploration

Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colorado received a $6,200,000 award to develop a vertical solar array prototype.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/24/2022NASA selects 3 companies to assist with advanced solar array tech for the Moon

Lockheed Martin signed a 2021 contract as an anchor customer for up to 58 RS1 launches over the next decade and selected RS1 for a U.K. Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Islands in 2023.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/19/2022Big plans for mini-launchers

Lockheed Martin Ventures intends to invest a very sizable portion of the additional $200,000,000 in technologies focused on the space domain.

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/10/2022Lockheed Martin’s venture fund to increase investments in space companies

Lockheed Martin Ventures plans to double its investments in tech startups from $200,000,000 to $400,000,000 as of 2022-08-03.

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/10/2022Lockheed Martin’s venture fund to increase investments in space companies

Lockheed Martin is seeking opportunities in on-orbit logistics and is already investing in Orbit Fab.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/10/2022Lockheed Martin’s venture fund to increase investments in space companies

Terran Orbital's near-term focus is to complete 10 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 0.

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/9/2022Terran Orbital prioritizes work on SDA smallsats over PredaSAR

Three Next-Gen OPIR satellites are being built by Lockheed Martin and the first Next-Gen OPIR satellite is scheduled to launch in 2025.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/4/2022ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite

Lockheed Martin will launch three self-funded small satellites for the Space-Augmented JADO Environment (SAJE) test bed in early 2023, consisting of two Pony Express 2 satellites and one Tactical ISR and Communications satellite (TacSat).

NARRATIVE PLAN7/31/2022Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023

Lockheed Martin will launch a constellation of self-funded small satellites in early 2023 to demonstrate space-enabled global battlefield awareness, sensing, and connectivity.

NARRATIVE PLAN7/31/2022Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023

Lockheed Martin announced plans in December 2020 to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4,400,000,000.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/28/2022Northrop Grumman dismisses speculation that its 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK could be challenged
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