TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 5, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has delivered the Orion crew module to NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, where it will undergo tests before engineers integrate it with other spacecraft hardware, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the Orion spacecraft will launch as part of&nbs...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $96.04 million contract modification to modify the control segment of the U.S. Air Force™s global positioning system. The control segment works to operate all launched GPS III satellites before they migrate to the new operational control system, the Defense Department said Thursday. Lockheed will ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 4, 2016 ” The Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Space Launch System will carry the Orion unmanned spacecraft and 13 CubeSats to deep space in 2018, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. NASA said Wednesday two of the CubeSats that will be onboard the SLS are the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Skyfire and Morehead ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 4, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will build a new S-band satellite based on the A2100 design for delivery to Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. in 2019, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Lockheed said Wednesday the future JCSAT-17 will be the eighth satellite that SJC ordered from Lockheed and w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has christened and launched the U.S. Navy‘s 11th littoral combat ship at the Menominee River in Wisconsin, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Saturday the Freedom-class USS Sioux City will undergo tests before it is delivered to the Navy...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), with the help of ASRC Federal™s mission solutions business, will test the Long Range Discrimination Radar system for the Missile Defense Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. ASRC Federal said Tuesday it will provide software engineering, maintenance and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with NATS to explore and integrate air traffic management systems for the U.K. aviation market in support of the Single European Sky ATM Research initiative, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Lockheed said Thursday it will help NATS’ technology...
Jan. 25 – Jan. 29 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Needless to say, we have a lot to address here after a heavy news week that featured news of government contracting’s largest merger this decade, plus a batch of 2015 earnings report...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential three-year, $882 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to build 20 additional lot 8 interceptors for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense platform. The company will also provide related production support services for MDA’s THAAD system under the fixed-price contra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 26, 2016 ” Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Chinook helicopter and the Sikorsky-built King Stallion helicopter by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have been shortlisted by Germany as the potential replacement for its current Sea Stallion fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Defense News reported Monday that Germany seek...
