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Space System Command Awards Lockheed Martin $66 Million Fixed Contract to Design 2 MUOS Satellites

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Space System Command Awards Lockheed Martin $66 Million Fixed Contract to Design 2 MUOS Satellites
The fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite in Lockheed Martin’s Sunnyvale, California, satellite manufacturing facility before launch. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $66 million for risk reduction activities and early design work for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Service Life Extension (SLE) program. Lockheed Martin announced the contract on Feb. 2. Lockheed Martin built and operates the SSC’s entire MUOS constellation of four active satellites and one on-orbit spare. MUOS’s satellite-based network provides the U.S. military with ultra-high frequency (UHF) voice and data communications. The SLE program…

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