"The closest proximity that we have imagery of was 400 meters" taken during a pass on Feb. 28, said Karla Brown, program manager for the demonstration satellites at Lockheed Martin Space. "So we hope, with two viable assets up there, to continue the demonstration to get even closer and continue to prove out those algorithms."
The Defense Department here, in an unusual move, announced that Lockheed had been directly awarded the contract for what is expected to be a $4 billion AUD ($2.86 billon) commitment to Australia’s first sovereign military satellite program.
The MQ-9B and Gambit Series represent parallel capabilities that address global challenges for security head-on.
Robert Lightfoot, executive VP of Lockheed Martin Space, explained that the Ignite team pulls together four previously separate organizations to undertake fast-paced technology development.