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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a potential $4.93B contract modification by the U.S. Space Force to build, assemble, test and integrate three Next Generation Geosynchronous Earth-orbiting space vehicles.

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Space for Lockheed Martin, was presented with his 2020 Wash100 Award on Tuesday. Ambrose earned his fifth Wash100 Award for driving the company’s satellite capabilities as well as the nation’s upcoming lunar and space exploration missions. This marks the fifth Wash100 Award win for Ambrose and the fourth consecutive year.

Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, will serve as a keynote speaker during GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum on December 1st. To register for GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum, as well as view upcoming opportunities, visit GovConWire’s Event Page. 

Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has been awarded a  one-year, $8.5 million contract by the U.S. Space Force to develop prototype mission data processing applications for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data Processing (FORGE MDP) program, the company announced Thursday. “Maxar has decades of commercial expertise in geospatial information and analytics, satellite technology and ground processing systems,” said Tony Frazier.

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has won a potential 10-year, $1.2B contract to help the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center modernize and sustain ground-based systems used to process space data. The company will maintain sensors and battle management command-and-control platforms under the  Maintenance of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities, according to an award notice posted Wednesday.