WASHINGTON — 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 in June announced it awarded Firefly a contract to launch a small satellite. The company on Nov. 27 disclosed it is launching […]
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WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin announced Nov. 16 it plans to launch a payload to orbit next year to demonstrate 5G fiber-like connectivity from space. The experiment is part of a larger project, known as 5G.MIL, that the company started in 2020 in response to military demand for high-speed wireless communications. […]
WASHINGTON — Tesat-Spacecom’s laser communications terminals passed key ground tests required to be deployed on Space Development Agency satellites, the company announced Oct. 26. Tesat’s SCOTT80 optical terminal was selected by Lockheed Martin, one of several manufacturers under contract to produce satellites for the Space Development Agency. SDA, an agency […]
WASHINGTON — Terran Orbital announced Oct. 24 it will build 36 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin, a strategic investor in the company and critical customer. Lockheed Martin is producing satellites for the Space Development Agency, an organization under the U.S. Space Force that is building a mesh network of military […]
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lockheed Martin expects to close a contract with Romania to open up its first F-16 flight training center in Europe, which could eventually train pilots from Ukraine. The planned European Flight Training Center would be the U.S. company’s first in the continent, and in the future […]
If you’ve spent any time in the military, or around people who have, you’ve likely encountered the merch often given out free at workplace gatherings or sold at convention centers during air and sea expos. Major defense contractors like Raytheon, Boeing and Northrop-Grumman have produced baseball hats, T-shirts and water […]
WASHINGTON — 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. The Space Development Agency (SDA), an organization under the U.S. Space Force, is building a mesh network of military satellites in low Earth […]
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin, a company that for decades has built schoolbus-sized spacecraft for the U.S. government, opened a new facility to assemble small satellites, which are now in higher demand. Lockheed Martin’s 20,000-square-foot factory is located at the company’s Waterton campus near Denver, Colorado. It has six parallel assembly […]