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Lockheed Martin Now on Contract for 12 GPS IIIF Satellites

Lockheed Martin Now on Contract for 12 GPS IIIF Satellites
Pictured in the foreground are Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant (right), commander of Space Systems Command, and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman during the latter's visit to Los Angeles AFB, Calif. on May 22 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Littleton, Colo., site a more than $509 million contract for Global Positioning System Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites 21 and 22, DoD said on Wednesday. Lockheed Martin has been on contract for 10 IIIF space vehicles (SVs)--or satellites--a program that takes the current GPS III program through SV 20. The two additional satellites will extend that to SV 22. The per satellite price is about $250 million. The company's…

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