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Lockheed Nabs Small Contract To Develop Data Exploitation Prototype for Space Force

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

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Lockheed Nabs Small Contract To Develop Data Exploitation Prototype for Space Force

A consortium aimed at speeding contracting processes for U.S. Space Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $5.2 million to develop data exploitation technology prototypes to make the best use of data from space sensors. The Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Data Exploitation Technology Transition (ODETT) was awarded by the Space Enterprise Consortium program other transaction agreement, which is managed by the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL). The contract is for four years and each new prototype developed by Lockheed Martin…

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