Contract: Lockheed, $284.4M

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $284,439,355 fixed-price incentive firm target contract for advanced procurement for the Space-Based Infrared Systems GEO 5-6 program. The location of performance is Sunnyvale, Calif. Work is expected to be completed by June 19, 2016. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2011 and 2012. The contracting activity is SMC/IS, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. (Source: DoD, 02/20/13) Gulf Coast note: Lockheed Martin's facility at Stennis Space Center, Miss., works on the SBIR propulsion subsystem. Previous