Lockheed Secures Air Force Contract Modification for AEHF Satellite Vehicles

by Joanna Crews October 30, 2017, 3:40 am

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Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business secured a $21.1 million contract modification to fund work on the fifth and sixthÂ Advanced Extremely High FrequencyÂ satelliteÂ vehicles for the U.S. Air Force.

The Defense Department said ThursdayÂ the contract coversÂ AEHF 6 vehicle operational resiliency efforts andÂ Atlas 551 capability support for the two satellites.

Work is scheduled to occur through June 30, 2021, at a company facility in Sunnyvale, California.

AEHF satellites are designed to facilitateÂ communications among strategic command and tactical warfighters who operate on air, ground and sea platforms.

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Written by Joanna Crews

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