Lockheed Martin wins $250m contract
Lockheed Martin won a $250 million contract to continue to support the air defense, missile warning and space defense systems at U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Strategic Command. The contract covers three one-year options, and has a total potential value of $250 million. Under the first contract, Lockheed Martin modernized the air defense, missile warning [...]
Lockheed Martin won a $68 million contract to provide mission readiness, launch, early orbit checkout and on-orbit operations engineering support for the first two GPS III space vehicles. The first and second GPS III satellites are on schedule for launch availability in 2014 and 2015. The GPS III will replace aging GPS satellites while improving [...]
Continue reading …The Japan Ministry of Defense recently ordered 19 AbleSentry systems from Lockheed Martin to provide detection and early warning of a possible chemical, biological, or radiological attack. Designed for the tactical battlefield, AbleSentry is simple to deploy, operate and maintain. Using a sophisticated detection algorithm, the system’s array of networked, remote sensors provides a high [...]
Continue reading …Lockheed Martin will continue to provide support and management for a system that provides information to U.S. commanders and partner nations about missile events. The defense giant won a $21.5 million award from the U.S. government for a single year. The potential value of the contract for a five-year period is $78 million. Known as [...]
Continue reading …Lockheed Martin has developed a wireless sensor network that will change the way government users obtain information. Known as SPAN, or the self-powered ad-hoc network system, the ground sensors are a kind of “field and forget” technology that will provide continuous, unobtrusive surveillance. The typical sensor fits in the palm of the hand, and can [...]
Continue reading …For the dozen lawmakers tasked with producing a deficit-cutting plan, the threatened “doomsday” defense cuts hit close to home. The six Republicans and six Democrats represent states where the biggest military contractors — Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics Corp., Raytheon Co. and Boeing Co. — build missiles, aircraft, jet fighters and tanks while employing tens of [...]
Continue reading …Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense company, said first-quarter profit rose by 5.6 percent, aided by higher sales of its Patriot anti-missile interceptors. Profit from continuing operations increased to $548 million from $519 million a year earlier. Based in Maryland, Lockheed has about 1,200 workers in Colorado Springs. The results beat expectations. Full-year profit will [...]
Continue reading …Boeing’s Global Positioning System operational control segment has gained full operational status at Schriever Air Force Base. The system keeps the GPS operational within specified accuracy to provide both secure and precise navigation around the world. The move marks the first time in more than 20 years a GPS control system has been deployed for [...]
Continue reading …Lockheed Martin Corp. today unveiled a cavernous test facility at its Waterton Canyon site south of Denver, where full-size mock-ups of the space station and the front section of the Orion can be used to practice docking maneuvers. The company also showed off a test version of the Orion spacecraft, which was initially meant to return [...]
Continue reading …A Colorado company has won the Nunn-Perry Award for outstanding performance in the United States Defense Department’s Mentor-Protégé program. ISYS Technologies, headquartered in Littleton with offices in Colorado Springs, received the award for its partnership with Lockheed Martin. The program is designed to help smaller businesses by partnering them with larger companies, with a focus [...]
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