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Six Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman satellites, known as SBIRS, for space-based infrared system, sit in geostationary orbit around earth hunting for launch signatures, according to the U.S ...
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) is one of the four core business areas for American company Lockheed Martin. [1]MFC provides air and missile defense systems; tactical missiles and air-to-ground precision strike weapon systems; logistics; fire control systems; mission operations support, readiness, engineering support and integration services, and manned and unmanned ground ...
Tranche 1 Tracking Layer B missile tracking satellites. Q3 2025 [18] Vulcan Centaur VC2S Vandenberg, SLC‑3E: SDA T1TR-D LEO: SDA: Tranche 1 Tracking Layer D missile tracking satellites. December 2025 [19] Vulcan Centaur Cape Canaveral, SLC‑41 [20] NG-OPIR-GEO 1 GEO: U.S. Space Force: Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellite ...
The Space Force's USSF-51 launch in late 2022 was be the first national security classified mission, but in May 2021 the spacecraft was reassigned to an Atlas V to "mitigate schedule risk associated with Vulcan Centaur non-recurring design validation". [68] For similar reasons, the Kuiper Systems prototype flight was moved to an Atlas V rocket ...
The AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) being developed and produced by Lockheed Martin. [3] Designed to address advanced threats, the missile is expected to replace or supplement the AIM-120 AMRAAM currently in US service.
The Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile is a stand-off hypersonic missile developed by Lockheed Martin and CoAspire, specifically designed to fit in the internal weapons bay of the F-35A/C and F-22A. It is the first hypersonic weapon compatible with a fifth-generation fighter.
Dynetics will build the hypersonic glide vehicle while Lockheed Martin will build the booster as well as assemble the missile and launch equipment. [10] The C-HGB has been successfully tested, in October 2017, March 2020, [11] [12] 28 June 2024, [13] and 12 December 2024. [14] The missile had been planned to enter service with the Army in 2023 ...
The SPY-6 system consists of two primary radars and a radar suite controller (RSC) to coordinate the sensors. An S-band radar is to provide volume search, tracking, ballistic missile defense discrimination, and missile communications, while the X-band radar is to provide horizon search, precision tracking, missile communication, and terminal illumination of targets. [6]