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Monday, June 26th, 2017

GPS III in Full Production: Second Lockheed Martin Satellite Assembled, Ready to Begin Environmental Testing

DENVER, June 26, 2017 – In a specialized cleanroom designed to streamline satellite production, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is in full production building GPS III – the world’s most powerful GPS satellites. The company’s second GPS III satellite is now assembled and preparing for environmental testing, and the third satellite is close behind, having just

Friday, February 17th, 2017

Geoscience Australia, Lockheed Collaborate on Multi-GNSS SBAS Research

Geoscience Australia, an agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lockheed Martin have entered into a collaborative research project to show how augmenting signals from multiple GNSS constellations can enhance positioning, navigation and timing for a range of applications. Other partners are Inmarsat and GMV. The research project aims to demonstrate how a second-generation Satellite-Based

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

Geoscience Australia and Lockheed Martin Begin Collaborative Research Project For Second-Generation Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)

CANBERRA, Australia– Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are critical tools for industries requiring exact precision and high confidence. Now, Geoscience Australia, an agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) have entered into a collaborative research project to show how augmenting signals from multiple GNSS constellations can enhance positioning, navigation, and timing

Monday, December 12th, 2016

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force Move Forward with Ground System Upgrade to Support Contingency GPS III Operations

DENVER, Dec. 12, 2016 – The U.S. Air Force approved Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) design to upgrade the current GPS satellite ground control system with new capabilities that will enable it to operate more powerful and accurate GPS III satellites. The successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Contingency Operations (COps) contract, completed on November

Monday, December 5th, 2016

Lockheed Martin Advances Modernization of Current GPS Ground Control System for U.S. Air Force

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed a major upgrade to modernize the current ground control system of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation.   The Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Upgrade #2 (CUP2) project is the latest step in the Air Force’s multi-year plan to refresh technology and transform

Friday, September 9th, 2016

Countdown to Launch: Lockheed Martin-Built WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite Encapsulated for Sept. 16 Launch

Vandenberg air force Base, Calif. – The WorldView-4 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), has been encapsulated in its protective launch vehicle fairing. It is scheduled to launch Sept. 16 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. For encapsulation, WorldView-4 was connected to an adapter and then enclosed in the

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Countdown to Launch: Lockheed Martin Makes Final Preparations for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Final preparations are underway at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to ship DigitalGlobe’s (NYSE: DGI) WorldView-4 earth imaging satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base for a Sept. 15 launch. The Lockheed Martin team is completing final satellite testing and checkout before shipment. Testing includes calculating the weight and center of gravity of WorldView-4,

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Lockheed Martin to Demonstrate Future Evolution of its Flexible GPS III Satellite Design for the U.S. Air Force

DENVER – In the future, when mission needs change for the Global Positioning System (GPS), the U.S. Air Force will be able to respond — thanks to some engineering forethought and the innovative design of Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) GPS III satellite.   Designed with evolution in mind, Lockheed Martin’s GPS III satellites for the

Wednesday, March 9th, 2016

Lockheed Martin’s MUOS Production Line Ships Fifth Secure Communications Satellite to Florida for May Launch

CAPE cANAVERAL aIR foRCe station, Fla., March 9, 2016 — The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on March 3, prior to its expected May launch.   The spacecraft will be the third MUOS satellite launched in a 16-month

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Second Lightning Tracker for NOAA Weather Satellite

PALO ALTO, California, Jan. 13, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the second Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will provide earlier alerts of severe storms and contribute to more accurate tornado warnings. The sensor will fly on the second next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, known as GOES-S, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration