The company will develop 21-inch diameter solid rocket motors for the second stage of the Standard Missile 6

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The company’s satellite imagery will be used for vessel detection and monitoring by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

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The company plans to upgrade 105 ships under a 2022 agreement with the Military Sealift Command

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The 2022 NDAA directs the Pentagon to brief lawmakers on military use of commercial satellite communications services, specifically those from non-geostationary orbit satellites.

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A total of 11 Army and four Navy organizations are transferring to the Space Force

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The results of the experiment could drive the design of a dedicated spacecraft to capture solar power in space.

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The realignment does not affect the MUOS program. But any future narrowband satcom acquisition will be handled by the Air Force.

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The company bested incumbent Intelsat General and one other company in winning a contract potentially worth $450 million to provide commercial satellite connectivity to the U.S. Navy.

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The U.S. Navy was forced to postpone the final certification test of its next-generation mobile satellite communications system to December 2015 because of problems integrating the system’s new radio frequency waveform with the ground segment and terminals.

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Lockheed Martin has delivered its third satellite in the U.S. Navy’s next-generation mobile communications program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

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The U.S. Navy has formally accepted three of a planned four General Dynamics-built ground stations for its next-generation mobile communications satellite program.

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U.S. officials previously said crews would need 14 months to complete the project once work resumes, which leaves little margin given that MUOS is planned to be fully operational by 2015.

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The move underscores NASA’s desire to keep the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope on track for its long-awaited launch.

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The U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MOUS)-2 satellite was delivered safely to its orbital drop-off point July 19 and is expected to spend the next eight days climbing to its operational orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator.

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the second of the U.S. Navy’s new generation of mobile communications satellites July 19 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

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Navy’s MUOS will use a network of four main ground stations, including the one in Sicily.

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Lockheed Martin has completed and delivered a new software waveform that will enable the U.S. Navy to get the most out of MUOS.

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NEW DELHI — Despite widespread media reports that India is poised to launch its first satellite for use by the Indian navy, the timing of the launch is unclear, service sources said.

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