# Lockheed Martin: space company profile

> Lockheed Martin: 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.

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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-10-19; quote fetched 2026-10-20 05:12 UTC
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## Profile facts

- Name: Lockheed Martin (legal name LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP)
- What it does: 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. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: defense
- Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland, US
- Founded: 1995
- Employees: 10000+
- Chief executive: Jim Taiclet
- Status: active
- Ownership: public
- Publicly traded: yes, LMT on NYSE
- Website: [https://www.lockheedmartin.com](https://www.lockheedmartin.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-10-19

## Market data

- Share price: $548.23 (-0.70% over 24 hours)
- Market capitalisation: $126.53B
- Quote: Yahoo Finance, fetched 2026-10-20 05:12 UTC
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## Funding

- Raised privately before listing: No private round on record (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.)

No funding round recorded on this profile.

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## Space Score

- Score 779 of 1000, tier Leader.
- Rank 6 of 94 ranked companies.
- 6 of 7 inputs measured, high confidence, 100% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-20 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (46% of this total): 97 of 100
- Government space demand (31% of this total): 81 of 100
- Capital access (15% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Momentum (23% of this total): 37 of 100; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=lockheed-martin#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
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## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-20 | NASA | PISCES III - FS | $424K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GRC026C0005_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-08-07 | NASA | DAMASCUS - CD | $1000K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GRC026C0012_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-06-01 | NASA | Lockheed Martin: SPACE WEATHER GEOSTATIONARY (SW GEO) PHOTOSPHERIC MAGNETOGRAPH IMAGER (PHOMI) PHASE A STUDY | $1.5M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GSFC26C0024_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-04-29 | DoD | CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM GUARANTEE | $100K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881926FB014_9700_FA881926DB004_9700) |
| 2026-02-27 | NASA | THE COMMERCIALIZATION, INNOVATION, AND SYNERGIES (CIS) OFFICE'S FOURTH CAPABILITY STUDIES BAA IS SEEKING INDUSTRY INSIGHTS IN THE FOLLOWING AREA: MARS END-TO-END SERVICE ARCHITECTURES. | $254K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GSFC26C0006_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-01-30 | NASA | Lockheed Martin: JOINT POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM-4 (JPSS-4) PAYLOAD PROCESSING SERVICES | $4.8M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80KSC026FA003_8000_80KSC023DA014_8000) |
| 2026-01-20 | NASA | THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE ITEM OR SERVICES SPECIFIED IN SECTION B IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: SOW ENTITLED "SAFER III" WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER. (END OF CLAUSE) | $3.4M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GRC026C0002_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-07-16 | NASA | CX-1 CLPS TRADE STUDY MID-SIZED LANDER CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT LOCKHEED MARTIN BASE AWARD | $600K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80JSC025F7061_8000_80HQTR19D0014_8000) |
| 2025-07-14 | DoD | RELAY CONTROL ELEMENT (RCE) SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT. THE SERVICES INCLUDE DESIGN, MODERNIZATION, AND INSTALLATION ACTIVITIES FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AND NETWORKING SUPPORT IN ACCORDANC… | $11.0M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA239825CB001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-07-09 | NASA | THIS IS A FFP CONTRACT FOR NEXTSTEP2 APPENDIX R: LUNAR LOGISTICS AND MOBILITY STUDIES. | $5.0M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80HQTR25CA011_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-06-11 | DoD | CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SPACE CRAFT AND GROUND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHEET DELIVERY ORDER AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN SECTION M OF THE IDIQ | $5K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA880925FB018_9700_FA880925DB006_9700) |
| 2025-06-05 | NASA | FCS-P3-CR. IF MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT THE CO DIRECTLY. | $3.2M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GRC025CA002_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-01-01 | Space Force | Lockheed Martin: CORE OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINMENT PROVIDES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES, MILSTAR BLOCK… | $343.3M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA882325FB001_9700_FA882320D0001_9700) |
| 2024-10-10 | NASA | NASA GSFC GEOSTATIONARY EXTENDED OBSERVATIONS (GEOXO) LIGHTNING MAPPER (LMX) INSTRUMENT IMPLEMENTATION. THE LMX INSTRUMENT IS A SINGLE SPECTRAL CHANNEL INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE THE LOCATION AND INT… | $74.0M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GSFC25CA013_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2024-09-20 | NASA | Lockheed Martin: TECHNOLOGY MATURATION FOR ASTROPHYSICS SPACE TELESCOPES (TECHMAST) | $4.8M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80MSFC24CA015_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## Sources

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- Yahoo Finance: share price and market capitalisation
- Federal award records: contract awards

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