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Contract Award: Lockheed Martin Space (Sunnyvale, California) – $9,100,000

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Thursday, August 18th, 2022

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Lockheed Martin Space, Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $9,100,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P000102) to previously awarded contract FA8810-13-C-0001 for the SBIRS GEO 5/6 Program. The contract modification is for the implementation and application of SBIRS Alternate Capability Assessment Special Study results into the SBIRS GEO 5 and 6 satellites. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California, and is expected to be completed by May 2023. Fiscal 2022 procurement funds are being obligated at the time of award. Total cumulative face value of the contract is $2,477,888,068. The Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Aug. 17, 2022)

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