Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment, has said the company has concluded a thermal vacuum test on the first satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III program, Space News reported Wednesday. Mike Gruss writes Ambrose made the announcement through a post on his Twitter account. Lockheed is contracted to develop eight GPS III satellites […] More

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems unit, said the company looks to expand its commercial satellite business and aims for up to three commercial deals annually in an interview with Via Satellite posted Wednesday. Mark Holmes writes that Ambrose pointed to contracts with commercial clients such as Arabsat as an indication of Lockheed’s business […] More

Lockheed Martin has opened a new center in Denver to house satellite sensing and communication technology development efforts. The radio frequency payload center is built to accommodate the development, production and testing of reconfigurable payloads and satellite systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems at Lockheed, said the new facility aims to help […] More

Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance is seeking a waiver from a federal ban on the use of the Russian-made RD-180 engine for U.S. military satellite launches, Reuters reported Sunday. Andrea Shalal writes ULA wants permission to continue using its Atlas V rockets until it has completed the development of a U.S. […] More

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment, told Al.com in an interview published Thursday that the company has adopted three-dimensional printing technology with the goal of reducing system research and development cycle times. Ambrose told Al.com reporter Lee Roop that Lockheed uses 3D printers to build small satellite components. “We see […] More

Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Space Foundation to establish a new learning facility to encourage science, technology, engineering and math study. The Lockheed Martin Space Education Center is located at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is built with a $400,000 grant from the company, the foundation said Wednesday. “If […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Rick Ambrose and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper led the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company’s new commercial space business headquarters in Denver this week after a transition from the previous headquarters in Pennsylvania. Lockheed said Wednesday the new office will house its program management, engineering and A2100 satellite operations, which deliver mobile and broadband communications services to global commercial clients. “Colorado […] More

Lockheed Martin has opened a new optical systems technology center in Palo Alto, California, that will house the company’s design teams and partners from industry and research universities who are collaborating on optical payload technologies. “The Optical Payload Center of Excellence will benefit from the digital tapestry that links all stages of development, from initial concept and design […] More

Lockheed Martin has signed a cooperation agreement with EOS Space Systems to jointly develop, deploy and operate space-tracking sensor technology that they will house at a future site in Western Australia. The companies said Tuesday they want the planned facility to increase the tracking service’s capacity and commercial coverage to meet the demand for such data across the space […] More

Lockheed Martin’s space systems company has moved to help the United Kingdom grow its space capabilities by opening a technology office in the region, the Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes the new office located at UK Space Gateway in Harwell Oxford is a spinoff of Lockheed Martin’s UK division. Rick Ambrose, executive […] More

Lockheed Martin has invested in 3D printing technology as it aims to decrease the time it takes to build and manufacture commercial satellites, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Lockheed executives discussed how the company is using 3D printing methods and nanotechnology to help improve its technology development activities at a recent National […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Space for Lockheed Martin, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award for his leadership and drive for innovation in space technology, including the advancement of space exploration and expanding Lockheed’s footprint in the space market as well as the defense and aerospace […] More