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  • Lockheed Tests Orion Avionics Systems; Cleon Lacefield Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests Orion Avionics Systems; Cleon Lacefield Comments

    Lockheed Martin has completed a series of tests on the Orion spacecraft’s avionics system, which is built to activate and send commands to at least 20 systems on the crew module during flight and re-entry. The company Orion’s thermal control, guidance and navigation, environmental control life support and other systems and analyzed the command signal, system responses […] More

  • Lockheed to Test Fly Orion Launch Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Test Fly Orion Launch Rocket

    Lockheed Martin will process and test a United Launch Alliance-built rocket ahead of a future unmanned spacecraft launch following delivery of the rocket boosters to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Delta IV Heavy rocket will be demonstrated at ULA’s Horizontal Integration Facility before Orion’s first test flight at Space Launch Complex 37 in […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Hands Orion's Antennas to Lockheed, NASA; Jim Oschmann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Hands Orion’s Antennas to Lockheed, NASA; Jim Oschmann Comments

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has delivered four phased array antennas for the Orion spacecraft to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and prime contractor Lockheed Martin, as preparations are underway ahead of Orion’s inaugural flight in September. The antennas are intended to help comprise of Orion’s voice, video and data communications systems and be installed on Orion’s exterior, […] More