NASA Awards Lockheed Martin $2.27B Contract for Spacecraft

NASA, representing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has tapped Lockheed Martin Corp. to assemble the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. The contract, valued at approximately $2.27 billion, covers the creation of three spacecraft and offers options for four additional ones. Lockheed Martin will carry out the work in its…