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Lockheed Martin, trading as LMT, builds the Orion crew capsule, GPS III satellites, and missile defense systems as one of the largest U.S. defense contractors.
LMTACTIVELockheed Martin is a U.S. aerospace and defense technology company with four business areas (Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space); its space programs include NASA's Orion crew vehicle and GPS III satellites.
Lockheed Martin is a U.S. aerospace and defense technology company with four business areas (Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space); its space programs include NASA's Orion crew vehicle and GPS III satellites.
Rank 6 of 94 ranked companies
6 of 7 inputs measured · High confidence · 100% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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6801 Rockledge Dr, Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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No private round on record before Mar 1995. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Next-generation GPS satellites with enhanced accuracy and cyber resilience.
Modernized A2100 GEO satellite bus for commercial and military missions, about 2,300 kg and up to 20 kW.
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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Estimated: around Tue, Oct 20, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Tue, Oct 21, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Thu, Jul 23, 2026, before the market opened · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Signed a material agreement
8-K items: 1.01 Signed a material agreement · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Shareholder vote results
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Automatic shelf registration (S-3ASR)
A shelf lets the company sell securities later. Filing a shelf is not itself a sale. A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Automatic shelf registration (S-3ASR) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 8 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Space federal awards
At least 74 awards, at least $65.8B obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Sep 30, 1995 to Aug 20, 2026; most from NASA (56 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026. Our search reached its page limit for this company, so these are its largest awards and every total here is a floor.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Aug 20, 2026
Latest space award
$424K from NASA
PISCES III - FS
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Aug 20, 2026
SEC filings, last 12 months
80 filings
Including 4 periodic reports and 8 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Oct 1, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
2 in orbit of 6 launched
Latest: ICOR SV
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes AAP, ILSL, LM, LMA, LMASD, LMATC, LMCAM, LMCLS, LMCO, LMCOM, LMCSS, LMEW, LMGT, LMI, LMINS, LMKSC, LMMF, LMMI, LMMS, LMN, LMO, LMPCO, LMSAL, LMSCV, LMSS, LMSSD, LMT, LMTEW, LMVF, MMPCO. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Satellites built
326 payloads launched, 201 in orbit
Latest: GPS III SV10
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes AAP, ILSL, LM, LMA, LMASD, LMATC, LMCAM, LMCLS, LMCO, LMCOM, LMCSS, LMEW, LMGT, LMI, LMINS, LMKSC, LMMF, LMMI, LMMS, LMN, LMO, LMPCO, LMSAL, LMSCV, LMSS, LMSSD, LMT, LMTEW, LMVF, MMPCO. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Apr 21, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
At least 56 space awards, $23.6B obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 20, 2026
Department of Defense
At least 17 space awards, $42.0B obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Apr 29, 2026
National Reconnaissance Office
Owns 41 satellites it built (latest USA 570)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 9, 2025
United States Navy
Owns 19 satellites it built (latest USA 570)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). Lockheed Martin: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/lockheed-martin
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Lockheed Martin: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/lockheed-martin.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Lockheed Martin}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/lockheed-martin}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/lockheed-martin},
urldate = {2026-10-20},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-20; each fact links its primary source}
}GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 9, 2025
Space Development Agency
Owns 31 satellites it built (latest SDA-1664)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Oct 15, 2025
US Air Force Space and Missile Center
Owns 40 satellites it built (latest GPS III SV02)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Aug 22, 2019
Department of Energy
At least 1 space award, $170.6M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 9, 2000
Iridium Inc.
Owns 76 satellites it built (latest Iridium 2)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Nov 6, 1998
Built one of its satellites (latest TANTRUM)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 22, 2023
Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems LLC
Built 2 of its satellites (latest LINUSS1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Nov 1, 2022
University of Southern California
Built one of its satellites (latest Dodona)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jan 13, 2022