Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) reportedly will manufacture three more GPS III Follow-On military communications satellites under a $737 million contract option from the U.S. Space Force , SpaceNews reported Thursday.
USSF ordered space vehicles 15, 16 and 17 as part of a potential $7.2 billion GPS IIIF fixed-price-type production contract the U.S. Air Force announced in September 2018.
The company was previously awarded a $511 million contract to build the 13th and 14th spacecraft and could produce as many as 22 satellites under the program.
GPS IIIF, which is based on Lockheed’s LM 2100 satellite bus, will include systems designed to support anti-jamming, search-and-rescue, nuclear detection detonation and geolocation functions.
President Trump has signed an executive order adopting super intelligence terminology and an accord on frontier model safety controls.
The five-year Alliant 2 award covers software development, operations and maintenance.
Booz Allen has appointed former Navy Task Force 59 Commodore Michael Brasseur as executive VP in its defense tech business.
The award covers logistics, maintenance and field support for Army C5ISR-M systems at 190 locations worldwide.
Tria Federal will support new VHA health care contracts and alternative payment model development under the task order.
Allen Control Systems, Digital Force, DroneShield, L3Harris WESCAM, Napatree, RADA Technologies and SRC each received $500 million.
Jamin Brown joins Terran Orbital after more than 20 years at Lockheed Martin.
Amentum was the incumbent supporting NISSC II while the government prepared the follow-on NISSC III acquisition.
The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs obligates at award $30.7M in funds for engineering work that runs through September 2028.
REDLattice has agreed to merge with Bold Eagle to become a Nasdaq-listed company at a $1.25 billion pre-money enterprise value.
Brooks Consulting's Chuck Brooks, a GovCon Expert, says acquisition speed and technology convergence are defining U.S. security.
TSA conducted about 1,660 tests at 800 locations during fiscal 2025 under the ATSS requirement.
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