LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
...Lockheed Martin Corp has received $16.6 billion in federal funding across four awards, all from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The company's work in the aerospace sector encompasses major NASA missions including design, development, and operations of spacecraft for projects such as Orion, OSIRIS-REx, Lucy, and MAVEN, which focus on deep space exploration and planetary science objectives.
The contract descriptions indicate Lockheed Martin's involvement spans mission design, spacecraft bus development, test and evaluation, and mission operations for these initiatives. The company's role includes preliminary design definition, manufacturing planning, and operational support for missions targeting asteroids, Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, and Mars atmospheric research.
Narrative generated May 13, 2026 by The Buildout's synthesis pipeline. Facts are drawn only from the recipient's tracked federal awards; no marketing material, no recipient input.
- aerospace19 awards$50.7B 50%
- energy1 award$48.1B 48%
- weather-climate1 award$2.0B 2%
Based on 10 awards totaling $67,347,885,415.
Top 10 by amount
| Action date | Recipient | Agency | Amount | Description | Sector | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | Department of Energy | $48,063,763,681 | — | — | expired |
| 2026-06-25 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $15,540,973,335 | TAS::80 0124::TAS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST&EVALUATION OF PROJECT ORION | — | active |
| 2026-05-21 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $2,032,336,135 | THE GOVERNMENT IS PROCURING THE NEXT-GENERATION GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES (GOES) SERIES TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION THROUGH NEW REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE GOES-R LEVEL I REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT AND MISSION REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD). THE FIRST SATELLITE OF THIS NEW SERIES, DESIGNATED AS GOES-R, WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY SINCE GOES-I LAUNCHED IN 1994. THE GOES-R SERIES WILL INTRODUCE OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN BOTH THE SPACE AND GROUND SEGMENTS. THESE ADVANCES WILL IMPROVE THE NATION'S ABILITY TO MONITOR AND FORECAST WEATHER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS. ONE OF NOAA'S PRINCIPAL MISSIONS IS TO PROVIDE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES, ADJACENT WATERS AND OCEAN AREA FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. THIS MISSION REQUIRES THE CAPABILITY TO ACQUIRE, PROCESS, AND DISSEMINATE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ON AN EXTENSIVE SPATIAL RANGE (GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL) ON A VARIETY OF TIME SCALES. THESE DATA INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: GLOBAL IMAGERY; CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION PARAMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES OF TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE, WINDS, AEROSOLS, AND OZONE; SURFACE CONDITIONS CONCERNING ICE, SNOW AND VEGETATION; OCEAN PARAMETERS AND SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; AND SOLAR AND IN-SITU SPACE ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS. THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DEFINES THOSE TASKS TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, VALIDATE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, ASSEMBLE, INTEGRATE, TEST, VERIFY, EVALUATE, DELIVER GOES-R SERIES SATELLITES AND SUPPORT LAUNCH AND POST LAUNCH, SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT THE NOAA SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (SOCC). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES, AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, VALIDATE, FABRICATE, ASSEMBLE, INTEGRATE, TEST, VERIFY, AND DELIVER GOES-R SERIES SATELLITES AND PROVIDE PRE-LAUNCH, LAUNCH, AND POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT AND TRAINING UNDER THE BASIC CONTRACT, AND OPTIONS WHEN EXERCISED BY THE GOVERNMENT. | — | active |
| 2026-06-17 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $441,345,131 | ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) PHASE B EFFORT. UNDER THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO COMPLETE MISSION DESIGN AND REQUIREMENTS FLOW DOWN ACTIVITIES CULMINATING IN AN OSIRIS-REX PROJECT MISSION DESIGN REVIEW (MDR). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX PROJECT TO DEFINE AND COMPLETE THE DEFINITION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND THE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, VERIFICATION AND OPERATION OF A FLIGHT SYSTEM. | — | active |
| 2026-06-17 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $438,374,601 | DESIGN BUILD AND DELIVER 3 GEOXO SPACECRAFT | — | active |
| 2026-06-17 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $349,817,273 | THE LUCY SPACECRAFT AND MISSION OPERATIONS CONTRACT EMBODIES THE MISSION'S REQUIREMENT TO DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND OPERATE THE LUCY SPACECRAFT BUS. LUCY WILL EXPLORE SIX JUPITER TROJAN ASTEROIDS TRAPPED BY JUPITERS GRAVITY IN TWO SWARMS THAT SHARE THE PLANETS ORBIT, ONE LEADING AND ONE TRAILING JUPITER IN ITS 12-YEAR CIRCUIT AROUND THE SUN. THE TROJANS ARE THOUGHT TO BE RELICS OF A MUCH EARLIER ERA IN THE HISTORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND MAY HAVE FORMED FAR BEYOND JUPITERS CURRENT ORBIT. | — | active |
| 2026-06-09 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $300,982,194 | RISK REDUCTION AND PHASE B EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF THE MARS ATMOSPHERIC AND VOLATILE EVOLUATION (MAVEN) PROJECT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE MAVEN PROJECT TO DEFINE AND COMPLETE THE DEFINITION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND THE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, VERIFICATION AND OPERATION OF A FLIGHT SYSTEM, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE INTEGRATED SPACECRAFT AND SCIENCE PAYLOADS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK. | — | active |
| 2026-02-19 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $74,000,000 | 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 INTENSITY OF OPTICAL TRANSIENTS PRODUCED BY LIGHTNING. | — | active |
| 2026-04-03 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $69,721,101 | TIPPING POINT CRYOGENIC DEMONSTRATION MISSION (CDM) DELIVER GROUND AND MISSION DATA TO CHARACTERIZE FULL-SCALE CRYOGENIC INTEGRATED SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. | — | expired |
| 2026-03-16 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $36,571,964 | THIS PROCUREMENT PROVIDES FOR THE LABOR, TRAVEL AND ASSOCIATED BURDENS NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) AND BRIDGE PHASE B OPTION REQUIREMENTS OF NASA'S COMPETITIVELY SELECTED DAVINCI+ MISSION. | aerospace | active |
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