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Lockheed Martin

US
commercial
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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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

Lockheed Martin terminated its agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in February 2022 after the FTC opposed the deal.

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

Lockheed Martin won a $5,000,000 contract to help define NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Spacecraft Phase A Study.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/27/2022Lockheed Martin and Maxar win weather satellite contracts

Lockheed Martin is a strategic partner to the UK government and is working with the UK Space Agency to conduct northern Europe’s first vertical satellite launch from the recently approved SaxaVord Spaceport.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/20/2022Lockheed Martin UK invests £s in Northumbria University in support of skills + R&D

Lockheed Martin is exploring options to establish a new research, development, and satellite manufacturing facility in the UK that would support up to 2,300 jobs for the North East.

NARRATIVE GROWTH7/20/2022Lockheed Martin UK invests £s in Northumbria University in support of skills + R&D

Lockheed Martin selected the RS1 rocket for the U.K. Pathfinder launch from the Shetland Islands, which is now projected for 2023.

NARRATIVE PLAN7/12/2022ABL static fires rocket for first orbital launch attempt

Lockheed Martin is one of three companies building satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer constellation.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/7/2022Redwire, MDA, to produce tactical communications antennas for military satellites

York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman won contracts in February from the Space Development Agency to each produce 42 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 1.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/7/2022Redwire, MDA, to produce tactical communications antennas for military satellites

Lockheed Martin selected ABL Space Systems to perform the UK Pathfinder launch from SaxaVord Spaceport.

NARRATIVE PLAN6/2/2022Lockheed and ABL’s first UK vertical launch slips into 2023

Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems were selected to manufacture Transport Layer Tranche 1 satellites and will operate their spacecraft using their own ground stations.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/26/2022General Dynamics wins ground systems contract for Space Development Agency’s megaconstellation

Lockheed Martin, York Space Systems, and Northrop Grumman are each under contract to produce 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/17/2022Space Development Agency’s satellite contractors team up to deal with supply shortages

Lockheed Martin has invested in ABL Space Systems and has purchased launches from ABL Space Systems.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL5/10/2022Astra to launch from U.K. spaceport

Lockheed Martin is one of the prime contractors selected to build the Space Development Agency’s transport layer.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/18/2022Lockheed Martin proposes multi-layer space network for missile defense

Lockheed Martin and Intel developed a relocatable 0.005 kg Hybrid Base Station prototype for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations that will be leveraged in the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution (OSIRIS) 0.005 kg network testbed.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/11/2022MoU Signed Between Lockheed Martin + Intel For 5G Comms For U.S. Allied Defense Systems

SpiderOak Mission Systems won a contract from Lockheed Martin Space on 2022-03-29 to provide its cybersecurity software.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/29/2022Lockheed Martin signs deal to use SpiderOak cybersecurity to protect satellite networks

Lockheed Martin plans to launch the LM400 satellite bus to orbit later in 2022 as a new bus designed for both commercial and government markets.

NARRATIVE PLAN3/21/2022Lockheed Martin to launch new satellite bus aimed at mid-size market

Lockheed Martin plans to launch the LM400 satellite bus to orbit later in 2022 as a new bus designed for both commercial and government markets.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/21/2022Lockheed Martin to launch new satellite bus aimed at mid-size market

Terran Orbital’s reported record amount on 2022-02-15 is inclusive of a 2022-02-17 contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to build and support three microsatellite-class satellites.

NARRATIVE GENERAL3/16/2022Terran Orbital To Support The Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer

Lockheed Martin partnered with General Motors in May 2021 to design lunar rovers.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/10/2022Astrolab unveils Artemis lunar rover design

Lockheed Martin will first seek to establish a small-scale operating facility in the United Kingdom before ramping up operations and expects to have something operating there by next year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/1/2022Lockheed Martin plots U.K. satellite manufacturing base
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