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- Pentagon space arm awards $1.5 billion contract to Lockheed, Northrop for communications satellites CNBC · 21 Aug 2023 The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency on Monday awarded $1.5 billion in contracts to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for prototype communications satellites.
- Space Development Agency awards contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman for 72 satellites SpaceNews · 21 Aug 2023 The Space Development Agency announced Aug. 21 it awarded contracts worth $1.5 billion to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to build and operate 72 satellites.
- Lockheed Martin, NASA working around the clock to finish Artemis II Orion assembly and hold 2024 launch date NASASpaceflight · 15 Aug 2023 The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is nearing final assembly and testing at prime contractor Lockheed Martin’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) production facility. After a final standalone test on the Orion crew...
- Lockheed Martin Complete SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer Critical Design Review The Launch Pad · 9 Aug 2023 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) have accomplished a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) program. This milestone p...
- Lockheed Martin Opens New Small Satellite Factory The Launch Pad · 7 Aug 2023 In a strategic move to meet the growing demand for small satellites, Lockheed Martin has unveiled a cutting-edge satellite assembly facility at its Waterton campus near Denver, Colorado.
- Lockheed Martin’s data-transport satellite clears design review SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2023 A communications satellite designed by Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency passed a critical design review, the company announced Aug. 7.
- Lockheed Martin opens new factory focused on small satellites SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2023 Lockheed Martin, a company that for decades has built schoolbus-sized satellites for the U.S. government, opened a new facility to assemble small satellites, which are now in higher demand.
- NASA and DARPA award contract for Nuclear Rocket Engine Teslarati · 27 Jul 2023 NASA and DARPA announced they awarded Lockheed Martin and BWX Technologies to build and develop a nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engine. Lockheed...
- NASA and DARPA Pick Lockheed Martin and BWXT for DRACO SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Jul 2023 NASA and DARPA announced today that Lockheed Martin and BWXT will build a nuclear thermal propulsion demonstration vehicle called DRACO. NASA and DARPA joined forces earlier this year to develop
- NASA and DARPA select Lockheed Martin to develop DRACO nuclear propulsion demo SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2023 NASA and DARPA have selected Lockheed Martin to develop a spacecraft to demonstrate nuclear propulsion technologies in Earth orbit later this decade.
- NASA & DARAP Select Lockheed Martin To Develop Nuclear Rocket The Launch Pad · 26 Jul 2023 NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have partnered together for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. Today they have revealed Lockheed Martin, based in Little...
- AI, quantum and nuclear technologies are key to Lockheed Martin’s vision for Space 2050 SpaceNews · 10 Jul 2023 Through a project called Destination: Space 2050, Lockheed Martin executives are exploring, for example, how AI could assist scientific exploration of locations where communications with remote sensors would be disrupted...
- Firefly to launch Lockheed Martin small-satellite experiment SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2023 Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to launch a small satellite aboard Firefly's Alpha vehicle.
- Agile raises $13 million to expand production SpaceNews · 26 Jun 2023 The seed funding round, announced June 23, was led by Caruso Ventures. Participants included Lockheed Martin Ventures, Greater Colorado Venture Fund, CORI Innovation Fund and Greenline Ventures.
- U.S. defense companies find roadblocks in selling space technologies to allies SpaceNews · 12 Jun 2023 One of the largest U.S. arms makers, Lockheed Martin, is seeing growing demand for space technologies from U.S. military allies overseas. But selling to these customers is becoming more difficult for American companies d...
- NASA Invites Media to View Asteroid Sample Recovery Rehearsal NASA · 7 Jun 2023 NASA invites media to attend the first major asteroid sample recovery rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission on Tuesday, June 27...
- Lockheed Martin announces reorganization of its space business SpaceNews · 4 May 2023 Lockheed Martin announced May 4 it is consolidating several businesses focused on space into three sectors: Commercial civil space, national security space, and strategic and missile defense.
- Lockheed, Raytheon to develop ground systems for nuclear-hardened satellite communications SpaceNews · 3 May 2023 The U.S. Space Force selected Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to develop competing ground systems for a next-generation space communications network that can survive a nuclear attack.
- Lockheed Martin declares success demonstrating tech for in-orbit satellite servicing SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2023 The Linuss experiment — short for Lockheed Martin’s In-space Upgrade Satellite System — went to orbit on the USSF-44 national security mission launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
- Lockheed Martin makes a big bet on commercial space and the Moon Ars Technica · 11 Apr 2023 "We needed a way to have a compelling commercial services offering."
- Lockheed Martin selected by Australia for military satcom project SpaceNews · 3 Apr 2023 Lockheed Martin was selected as the “preferred bidder” for a multibillion-dollar Australian military project to build military communications satellites and supporting infrastructure.
- Lockheed Martin To Build Lunar Communications And Navigation Network The Launch Pad · 29 Mar 2023 Lockheed Martin will offer a service consisting of a network of satellites located in lunar orbit that will provide communication and navigation services support to spacecrafts on or around the moon.
- Lockheed Martin subsidiary to offer commercial lunar communications and navigation services SpaceNews · 29 Mar 2023 Lockheed Martin is establishing a new company that will offer communications and navigation services for what it foresees to be a growing number of government and commercial lunar missions.
- Lux Semiconductors raises $2.3 million for microelectronics packaging technology SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2023 SAN FRANCISCO – Lux Semiconductors, a microelectronics startup with U.S. Air Force and Space Force awards, raised $2.3 million in seed funding. Ultratech Capital Partners led the seed round. AIN Ventures, Hemisphere Vent...
- Lockheed Martin completes delivery of 10th GPS 3 satellite SpaceNews · 16 Feb 2023 The U.S. Space Force announced Feb. 16 it accepted delivery of the 10th and final GPS 3 satellite made by Lockheed Martin under a 2008 contract.
- Lockheed Martin to launch first demo of new mid-size bus SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2023 Lockheed Martin plans to launch the first demonstration mission of its new LM 400 mid-sized satellite bus in 2023.
- Lockheed Martin eyes international customers for GPS augmentation systems SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2023 Lockheed Martin developed a satellite-based augmentation system that leverages the L1C signal that is interoperable with both GPS and Galileo
- GPS navigation satellite set for launch on SpaceX rocket Spaceflight Now · 17 Jan 2023 SpaceX’s second launch for the U.S. military in three days is set to blast off from Florida and deliver a GPS navigation satellite into orbit Wednesday, reinforcing the global positioning and timing network as four more...
- Dragonfly mission heads toward PDR, element fabrication from Lockheed Martin set to begin NASASpaceflight · 13 Jan 2023 Dragonfly, NASA’s unique robotic exploration mission using a rotorcraft to fly a science laboratory around the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, is continuing to march through its preliminary design steps.
- Raytheon selects Lockheed Martin bus for U.S. Space Force missile-tracking satellite SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2023 Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced Jan. 4 it selected a Lockheed Martin bus to build a missile-tracking satellite for the U.S. Space Force.
- Terran Orbital delivers 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin for U.S. military constellation SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2022 Terran Orbital announced Dec. 22 it has completed delivery of 10 satellite buses ordered by Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency's mesh network in low Earth orbit.
- Space Force orders three GPS satellites for $744 million SpaceNews · 28 Nov 2022 The U.S. Space Force announced Nov. 28 it has ordered three GPS 3F satellites from Lockheed Martin for $744 million.
- “Alexa, turn on the lights”; Lockheed Martin, Amazon, Cisco test virtual assistant, deep space video conferencing NASASpaceflight · 23 Nov 2022 With the Orion spacecraft soaring through its mission with flying colors so far, the capsule will soon enter its Distant Retrograde Orbit of the Moon with significant tests of various capsule and service module systems p...
- Lockheed Martin ups stake in Terran Orbital, invests $100 million to expand smallsat manufacturing SpaceNews · 31 Oct 2022 Lockheed Martin is increasing its stake in small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital with a $100 million investment.
- Lockheed Martin Space leader aims to speed things up SpaceNews · 12 Oct 2022 Robert Lightfoot, Lockheed Martin Space executive vice president, discussed the pace of innovation and partnerships at the Satellite Innovation 2022 conference
- Lockheed Martin’s venture fund to increase investments in space companies SpaceNews · 10 Aug 2022 Lockheed Martin Ventures is increasing investments by $200 million and much of that will be focused on the space domain
- Lockheed invests in Xona’s GPS-alternative constellation SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2022 Startup Xona Space Systems has raised around $15 million for its proposed navigation constellation, including funds from GPS satellite maker Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm.
- Rocket Lab to supply solar power units for U.S. Space Force missile warning satellites SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2022 Rocket Lab's solar power business will supply solar cells for three missile-warning satellites that Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Space Force.
- Orion teams ready for Artemis 1 as pre-launch preparations head into the home stretch NASASpaceflight · 27 Jul 2022 With the Artemis 1 mission just weeks away from launch, teams at NASA and the program’s contractors are carrying out final preparations for this major milestone in the effort to return humans to the Moon. NASASpaceflight...
- Lockheed Martin and Maxar win weather satellite contracts SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2022 Lockheed Martin and Maxar Space won contracts worth $5 million apiece to help define the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future geostationary weather satellites.