Lockheed Martin Wins $2.9Bln To Build Orbit Spacecraft For US Air Force - Pentagon
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 15, 2018 | 03:36 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th August, 2018) US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin won almost $3 billion to build three space vehicles to operate in geosynchronous high earth orbits (HEO) 22,000 miles above the planet, the Defense Department said in a press release.
"Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $2,935,545,188 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract for three Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space Vehicles," the release said on Tuesday.
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