Aerospace Group:

Space

Lockheed Martin Joins Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to Develop Sea-Based Launch

By Rachel Jewett

Monday, May 4th, 2026

SHARE:

Lockheed Martin Joins Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to Develop Sea-Based Launch

Rendering of a Seagate Space Gateway platform set up for a Firefly Alpha launch. Photo: Seagate Space

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is contributing to a recently announced partnership between Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace [FLY] to develop sea-based launch. The three companies will collaborate on an offshore launch platform for Firefly’s Alpha rocket, which Firefly and Seagate announced a memorandum of understanding for in April. Johnathon Caldwell, vice president and general manager of strategic and missile defense systems for Lockheed Martin's space division, said in a statement that the tri-company agreement builds on Lockheed Martin's “legacy in missile defense, targets and…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]