Breaking News | Lockheed, Northrop win Air Force contracts for future missile-warning constellation

May 4, 2018 View this email in your browser Air Force awards contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman for future missile-warning satellite constellation WASHINGTON — The Air Force has selected two contractors to begin work on a new missile-warning constellation. The Air Force on Friday announced it will award two sole-source contracts to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the next-generation overhead persistent infrared program. Lockheed Martin will develop the geosynchronous orbit satellites and Northrop Grumman will work on the polar system. The GEO contract will be sole-sourced to Lockheed Martin Space to "define requirements, create the initial design and identify and procure flight hardware for a satellite to operate in geosynchronous orbit," said an Air Force news release. The second contract will be sole-sourced to Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems to define polar system requirements. Lockheed also will be responsible to conduct a payload competition. Sponsored by Honeywell We've powered the most groundbreaking missions ever launched and continue to drive a limitless future. Learn More: https://aerospace.honeywell.com/en/markets/space Copyright © 2018 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314