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  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Completes MUOS-4 Thermal Vacuum Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Completes MUOS-4 Thermal Vacuum Test

    Lockheed Martin has tested the U.S. Navy‘s fourth Mobile User Objective System satellite for extreme temperature endurance. The company performed the thermal vacuum test at its Sunnyvale, California-based satellite integration facility and MUOS-4 is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2015, Lockheed said Monday. “The successful completion of thermal vacuum testing assures that MUOS-4 can endure the extreme hot and […] More

  • Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin moved closer to the completion of the Mobile User Objective System constellation with a new satellite delivery to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 5. MUOS-3 is the third spacecraft in the satellite array and is due for further tests before it is loaded onto an Atlas V rocket for  launch early next year. The […] More

  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Moves Forward on 4th MUOS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Moves Forward on 4th MUOS Satellite

    Lockheed Martin will perform the final testing phase on its fourth Mobile User Objective System satellite following the completion of the acoustic tests. That MUOS satellite will undergo thermal vacuum testing, as well as environmental and final system trials over the next few months before its scheduled launch in the summer of 2015, Lockheed Martin said […] More

  • Lockheed’s Iris Bombelyn: 3rd MUOS Satellite on Track for 2014 Delivery to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Iris Bombelyn: 3rd MUOS Satellite on Track for 2014 Delivery to Navy

    Lockheed Martin has scheduled the delivery the third Mobile User Objective System satellite to the U.S. Navy for 2014 following the completion of environmental testing. The MUOS satellite went through simulated hot and cold temperature testing in a vacuum at Lockheed’s Dual Entry Large Thermal Altitude chamber, Lockheed said Thursday. “We are committed to quality, and our […] More

  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Seeks MUOS Satellite Investors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Seeks MUOS Satellite Investors

    Iris Bombelyn, a group vice president at Lockheed Martin, says the company is working to attract allied investors for a tactical communications satellite program, Space News reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes Lockheed wants to bring in international partners to fund the construction of a sixth satellite in the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System constellation. […] More

  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Finishes 5th MUOS Satellite '20% Ahead of Schedule' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Finishes 5th MUOS Satellite ‘20% Ahead of Schedule’

    Lockheed Martin has completed assembly and integration work on a communications satellite of the U.S. Navy ahead of initial system testing. The fifth Mobile User Objective Systems satellite sits on a Lockheed-built A2100 bus and a system module developed by General Dynamics, Lockheed said Monday. “Compared to our last build, we are approximately 20 percent ahead […] More

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