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  • Lockheed-Built GOES-16 Satellite Instruments Record Continuous Lightning, Solar Storm Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built GOES-16 Satellite Instruments Record Continuous Lightning, Solar Storm Data

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled the first images from two Lockheed Martin-built space instruments onboard a weather monitoring satellite that was launched in November last year. Lockheed said Monday the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and Solar Ultraviolet Imager on NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 work to record continuous lightning data and compile complete views of the sun, respectively. Jeff Vanden […] More

  • NOAA Receives 2nd Lockheed-Built Lightning Mapper for GOES-S Weather Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Receives 2nd Lockheed-Built Lightning Mapper for GOES-S Weather Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has handed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the second Geostationary Lightning Mapper for integration with NOAA’s second Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. The GLM sensor will fly onboard the GOES-S spacecraft and will work to monitor lightning from geostationary orbit in order to detect and provide warnings on tornadoes, storms and other severe […] More

  • Russell Katz: Lockheed's Lightning Mapper Sensor to Support NOAA Weather Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Russell Katz: Lockheed’s Lightning Mapper Sensor to Support NOAA Weather Services

    Lockheed Martin has completed the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite that will support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s weather services and meteorological research work. The company said Wednesday the GLM sensor works as an early-warning instrument for severe storm such as tornadoes and will fly on the GOES-R spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch early in 2016. Russell Katz, […] More