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- Voyager Space to maintain subcontractor role in Lockheed Martin’s missile program SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 The company will provide a solid propulsion roll control system designed to stabilize a missile's flight trajectory
- Atlas V successfully launched its last ever national security mission NASASpaceflight · 29 Jul 2024 United Launch Alliance, formed in 2006 to merge the Boeing and Lockheed Martin launch vehicle programs, has flown 100 national security missions over the last 18 years using the Delta II, Delta IV, and Atlas V rocket fam...
- Lockheed Martin secures $977.5 million contract extension for missile-warning satellites SpaceNews · 21 Jun 2024 The latest award brings the total value of Lockheed Martin’s contract for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellite program to $8.2 billion
- Lockheed Martin wins contract to build U.S. geostationary weather satellites SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 Lockheed Martin will develop and build the next generation of U.S. geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a contract announced June 18.
- NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) sat...
- Firefly Signs Landmark Launch Contract with Lockheed Martin The Launch Pad · 9 Jun 2024 Firefly Signs Landmark Launch Contract with Lockheed Martin
- Firefly inks multi-launch deal with Lockheed Martin for Alpha rocket rides SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 The agreement includes 15 firm launches as well as options for an additional 10 missions
- Space Force selects companies to develop concepts for simulated space war training range SpaceNews · 22 May 2024 Nou Systems, ExoAnalytic Solutions, TMC Design, HII Mission Technologies Corp, Parsons Government Services Inc, and Lockheed Martin were awarded six-month study contracts.
- Lockheed Martin Contracts Terran Orbital for 18 Satellite Buses The Launch Pad · 14 May 2024 Lockheed Martin Contracts Terran Orbital for 18 Satellite Buses
- Terran Orbital confirms new satellite deal with Lockheed Martin ahead of earnings SpaceNews · 13 May 2024 Terran Orbital reassuring investors that the partnership remains strong after Lockheed Martin withdrew bid to acquire the satellite manufacturer
- Maxar inks agreement with Lockheed Martin to supply imagery for F-35 training simulators SpaceNews · 6 May 2024 Lockheed Martin will use Maxar’s imagery basemaps and 3d models
- Lockheed drops bid to acquire Terran Orbital SpaceNews · 2 May 2024 Lockheed Martin has abandoned plans to acquire the portion of satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital it does not own for more than $500 million.
- NASA, Lockheed Martin working to resolve Artemis II Orion issues, deliver spacecraft around summer’s end NASASpaceflight · 2 Apr 2024 NASA is working with Orion spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin to resolve a handful of issues that came up late last year during ground testing, forcing the space agency to delay the launch readiness target date...
- Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in Helicity Space SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2024 Helicity Space, a California startup developing fusion engines for spaceflight, announced an investment April 2 from Lockheed Martin Ventures.
- Terran Orbital records higher revenues as strategic review continues SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2024 Terran Orbital reported higher revenues but a significant loss in 2023 as it continues to evaluate options after a takeover bid from Lockheed Martin.
- Lockheed Martin eyes growth in satellite business through partnerships SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2024 President of Lockheed Martin Space Robert Lightfoot: ‘We're looking for strategic partners’
- Spacecraft maker Terran Orbital ‘looking at everything,’ CEO says after Lockheed Martin takeover bid CNBC · 8 Mar 2024 Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital is “looking at everything” regarding the company’s future, CEO Marc Bell told CNBC, as it considers Lockheed Martin’s acquisition offer.
- Lockheed Martin offers to acquire Terran Orbital SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2024 Lockheed Martin has proposed acquiring smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital, which it already owns a stake in and does business with, for more than $500 million.
- Lockheed Martin looks to acquire spacecraft maker Terran Orbital for nearly $600 million CNBC · 1 Mar 2024 Lockheed Martin submitted a bid to acquire spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital, the defense giant revealed in a securities filing on Friday.
- UK selects vendors to develop ground systems for military constellation SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2024 Lockheed Martin and Rhea Group win $5 million in MoD awards
- Lockheed Martin ramping up small satellite production SpaceNews · 16 Feb 2024 The company has a backlog of 100 smallsats for defense and intelligence agencies
- Lockheed Martin’s misplaced satellite to fall back to Earth next month SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2024 Despite a much shortened mission, the company said it successfully accomplished many of the objectives of the technology demonstration..
- Orbital Outpost X names Negar Feher CEO SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2024 OOX announced the appointment of Feher, who has held management and technical roles at Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, Momentus Space and SpaceRyde.
- Lockheed Martin, Boeing win contracts to design U.S. military narrowband communications satellites SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 Lockheed Martin and Boeing each won a $66 million contract to design a narrowband communications satellite to expand the existing network known as the Mobile User Objective System.
- Pentagon awards $2.5 billion in satellite contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space CNBC · 16 Jan 2024 The Pentagon on Tuesday announced about $2.5 billion in contracts will go to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space to build satellites for an expanding military system.
- Space Development Agency awards contracts worth $2.5 billion for missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2024 The Space Development Agency announced Jan. 16 it selected L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space to build and operate 54 satellites equipped with infrared sensors.
- Firefly Alpha Flight 004 Ends in Anomaly Space Scout · 23 Dec 2023 After several delays due to uncooperative weather, Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle has flown for the fourth time as part of the Fly the Lightning mission. Firefly was able to find a break in the weather on Friday morning,...
- Firefly Alpha upper stage malfunction puts payload into wrong orbit SpaceNews · 23 Dec 2023 A problem with the upper stage of a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket placed a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite into the wrong orbit on a Dec. 22 launch.
- Firefly suffers second stage anomaly on “Fly the Lightning” mission NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2023 Just on the heels of its success in integrating and launching a payload to orbit within 27 hours for the Space Force, Firefly Aerospace flew again — this time with a dedicated flight for Lockheed Martin. The Alpha FLTA00...
- Fly The Lightning Space Scout · 19 Dec 2023 Texas based Firefly Aerospace is looking to launch their second mission this year. Their Alpha rocket will be launching on a mission dubbed “Fly The Lightning”, which will be the vehicles first operational commercial lau...
- NASA Set To Unveil X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft on Jan 12 The Launch Pad · 12 Dec 2023 NASA's Quesst, is a collaborative effort between NASA researchers and prime contractor Lockheed Martin Skunk Works who are developing and testing the next generation experimental aircraft, the X-59 quiet supersonic aircr...
- Firefly Set to Launch Lockheed Martin Tech Demo In December The Launch Pad · 29 Nov 2023 Firefly set to launch their next Alpha rocket in December, carrying Lockheed Martin Electronically Steerable Antenna Payload Tech Demo
- Firefly to launch a Lockheed Martin satellite antenna demonstration SpaceNews · 28 Nov 2023 The next launch by Firefly Aerospace, scheduled for December, will be an electronically steerable antenna payload designed by Lockheed Martin for a technology demonstration.
- Lockheed Martin to demonstrate space-based 5G network SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2023 Lockheed Martin announced Nov. 16 it plans to launch a satellite to demonstrate 5G fiber-like connectivity from low-Earth orbit.
- Tesat optical terminals selected for Lockheed Martin satellites pass ground tests SpaceNews · 26 Oct 2023 Tesat-Spacecom’s laser communications terminals passed key ground tests required to be deployed on Space Development Agency satellites, the company announced Oct. 26.
- Terran Orbital to build 36 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2023 Lockheed Martin to date has won orders for 88 satellites from the Space Development Agency
- New head of smallsat supplier Blue Canyon sets sights on defense market growth SpaceNews · 9 Oct 2023 Former Lockheed Martin executive Chris Winslett last month was named general manager of Blue Canyon Technologies, a small-satellite manufacturer owned by Raytheon
- LMI gets $98 million contract for space wargaming software SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 The U.S. Air Force awarded the Logistics Management Institute, known as LMI, a $98 million contract for modeling and simulation software to analyze warfighting missions in space.
- Air Force Research Lab awards design contracts for nuclear powered spacecraft SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2023 Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin and Westinghouse Government Services won contracts from the Air Force Research Laboratory to advance technologies for nuclear powered space vehicles.
- Lockheed Martin, NASA lining up next Orion spacecraft for Artemis III and IV NASASpaceflight · 2 Sep 2023 Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin has the spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis III and IV lunar landing missions in production alongside the Artemis II vehicle that is going into final assembly at the Kennedy Space Center...