Companies
Inversion closes $44M Series A round
Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm is one of a handful of investors in this company looking to further enable autonomous delivery and re-entry from space.
Companies
Undersea drone startup fetches $16M to aid hiring, manufacturing push
Lockheed Martin Ventures, RTX Ventures, SAIC Ventures and In-Q-Tel are the GovCon names involved in this investment round.
Companies
Quantum startup stretches Series B round to $133M, adds Lockheed's venture arm
First launched in 2017, Q-CTRL is looking to further advance its quantum computing software for use in larger-scaled commercial and government deployments.
Companies
A trio of space startup investment rounds to highlight
The venture arms of AE Industrial Partners, Lockheed Martin and RTX are among the notable names at the heart of these investments.
Companies
Lockheed to acquire spacecraft maker Terran Orbital
This represents the global defense giant's first move to buy a company it first backed through its venture capital arm.
Companies
AI and rockets mark the week's space investments
The venture capital arms of Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin are among those involved in the deals.
Companies
Growth, operational and tech leadership moves across the market
Plus a former Air Force secretary and intelligence agency director join the boards at two blue chip defense hardware companies.
Opinion
Air Force marks key signpost in robot wingmen award
Anduril and General Atomics are well known in the defense industry. But their selections for phase one of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program stand out for who they went up against and where the tech is going.
Opinion
Sikorsky, Rain demo autonomous firefighting helicopter
The companies integrated their autonomous flight and wildfire detection technologies into a Black Hawk helicopter.
Contracts
Air Force chooses 17 for $499M anti-tampering tech contract
Three incumbents will continue onto this expanded iteration of the program focused on defending against unintended technology transfers or alterations by adversaries.
Companies
Lockheed's venture arm backs weather tech company
Meteomatics operates a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles that work to collect weather data on an hourly basis.
Contracts
NGA brings in more companies for $795M research, development contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency uses this program to further iterate its hardware and software capabilities.
Contracts
Navy wraps up awards for $250M undersea tech contract
Some of the program's core functional areas include payloads, propulsion, electrical power, guidance and control, and non-payload sensors.
Companies
HawkEye 360 adds Lockheed's venture arm as investor
The companies are also entering into a new partnership arrangement focused on advancing remote sensing and radio frequency technologies.
Companies
Vayu Robotics makes its debut with initial investors
Lockheed Martin's venture arm is one of Vayu's early backers as the artificial intelligence startup looks to further scale its robotic product development efforts.
Contracts
Special Operations Command starts process to recompete $8B logistics contract
A pair of site visits are on the calendar for companies interested in this largest of SOCOM's service contracts currently held by Lockheed Martin.
Podcasts
WT 360: For Lockheed's ventures team, its investments are merely step one
Chris Moran, executive director and general manager of Lockheed Martin's venture capital arm, takes us behind the scenes of their work with startup technology companies after the investment and how that larger ecosystem really operates.
Contracts
Lockheed, Northrop share $1.5 billion contract for new transport satellites
This batch of 72 satellites will begin launching in 2026 and function as “the space backbone for the Joint All Domain Command and Control.”
Companies
Lockheed promotes new human resources leader
The 35-year company veteran will now oversee HR and workforce development functions for all 116,000 employees.
Companies
Lockheed acquires stake in one of its component suppliers
The defense giant deepened its relationship with a company that uses 3D printing to make certain products for flight applications.
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