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Lockheed Martin Leading Next Generation of Air Force Space Programs

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, September 19th, 2018

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Lockheed Martin Leading Next Generation of Air Force Space Programs

The first GPS III satellite in transport to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: Lockheed Martin

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lockheed Martin [LMT] is poised to produce the Air Force’s major satellite capabilities over the next decade, but company and service officials deny that there may be a growing dearth of competition for future space programs.The service last Friday announced that Lockheed Martin was chosen to develop the service’s next-generation GPS constellation, about a month after the company was also selected to develop the future missile warning satellite system, called next-generation overhead persistent infrared (OPIR). Collectively,…

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