Lockheed Martin
Submits Proposals To Advance Defense Department's Operationally Responsive
Space Efforts
(23 April 2008) Lockheed Martin has
submitted a series of innovative proposals to the Department of Defense
designed to advance state-of-the-art technologies in support of fielding rapid
and responsive space systems for the warfighter.
The proposals
were submitted to the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office at Kirtland
Air Force Base, N.M. in response to three Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
released in March that address a range of capabilities in the ORS mission area.
These include responsive spacecraft bus and payloads technologies; a
multi-mission low earth orbit modular space vehicle; and responsive launch,
range and system architecture and modelling technologies. Lockheed Martin
responded to each of these BAAs with innovation and end-to-end
solutions.
"The need to design, build and deploy responsive space
systems that provide timely data to the warfighter is a top priority for our
customer," said Phil Bowen, director of Surveillance and Intelligence Systems
at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. "Our responsive space capabilities
combine Lockheed Martin's proven experience and leading edge technologies in
providing affordable and responsive solutions and we look forward to
collaborating with the ORS office and our industry team-mates on this important
initiative."
The ORS BAAs represent the latest in a series of activities
undertaken by the U.S. military to develop technologies required to facilitate
increasingly responsive architectures. The ORS Office is expected to award
contracts for the associated development activities in each category later this
year.
Lockheed Martin has a legacy of successfully developing affordable
and responsive spacecraft and ground systems for commercial, defence, and civil
government customers. Throughout Lockheed Martin's 50-year history, the company
has designed, built, and launched over 150 small satellites, demonstrating its
ability to field highly innovative capabilities rapidly at very low
cost.
A recent example of the company's success in the small satellite
area is the eXperimental Satellite System No. 11 (XSS-11) On-Orbit
demonstration. Last year, the XSS-11 team, which includes the Air Force
Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, N.M. and
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, was recognised with the AIAA Space
Systems Award for the successful design, development, integration and on-orbit
tests of numerous first-time technologies and mission operations techniques
supporting critical Air Force missions.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Company, a major operating unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, designs,
develops, tests, manufactures and operates a full spectrum of
advanced-technology systems for national security, civil and commercial
customers. Chief products include human space flight systems; a full range of
remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communications satellites and
instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; laser radar;
fleet ballistic missiles; and missile defence systems.
Headquartered in
Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people world-wide and is
principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture,
integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services. The Corporation reported 2007 sales of US$ 41.9
billion.
(source: Lockheed Martin)
