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Lockheed Martin Announces New Line of Tactical ISR Satellites

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin Announces New Line of Tactical ISR Satellites

Lockheed Martin plans to build the new, tactical ISR satellites at the company's $350 million Gateway Center in Littleton, Colo. (Courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Apr. 13 announced its intention to build a new line of "rapid, integrated and affordable" tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites based on the company's LM 400 refrigerator-sized bus. The new, ISR birds are to permit military forces "to track moving targets at long ranges and operate in contested and denied environments -- on compressed timelines at the scale of battle," per Lockheed Martin. The company launched the LM 400 effort last year to provide…

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