The company says its portfolio of nuclear-powered space capabilities could reach IOC by 2030.

Meanwhile, the Air Force is requesting $517 million for another weapon known as the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM).

Robert Lightfoot, executive VP of Lockheed Martin Space, told DefenseScoop that the upcoming mission is part of a larger effort to drive space innovation through company investments.

Six of the satellites in the Tranche 2 tracking layer will provide fire control-quality data to warfighters, an SDA official said.

The companies won other transaction agreements for the first phase of the Launched Effects program to mature payloads for infrared and electronic warfare.

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will each build and operate 36 satellites for SDA's Tranche 2 transport layer.

Lockheed Martin's MORFIUS system can fly close to small drones and attack them with high-powered microwave pulses.

Lockheed has won the Army's Phase 2 competition for the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade, designed to collect and detect signals at extended ranges.

The Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $72.8 million award as part of the TLS-BCT program, in part, to begin design work on the Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV).

The Missile Defense Agency will award the contract to Lockheed on a sole-source basis because it is the only contractor with the technical knowledge of the system…