Lockheed Gets S312M For AEHF Anomaly Analysis

摘要

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems a $312 million contract for on-orbit anomaly analysis on the service's Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) secure satellite communications system, the Defense Department announced Dec. 5. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification covers "on-orbit anomaly resolution and investigation" as well as system testing, sustainment and other functions, the Pentagon said. Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., is prime contractor on the AEHF program, whose first satellite, AEHF-1, took more than a year longer than expected to reach its operating orbit due to an on-board propulsion system failure that occurred shortly after its August 2010 launch.