ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) will plan, process and pack a steady supply of cargo
for the International Space Station (ISS)—ranging from science
hardware to food and the crew's personal items—under an extension
of NASA's Cargo Mission Contract.
Currently, Lockheed Martin maintains more than three million
items destined for the station. The team exports and ships about
25,000 pounds of cargo to launch locations around the world
annually, including the United
States, Russia,
Kazakhstan and Japan. The company also processes flight crew
equipment, which includes buying, maintaining and preparing items
for the ISS crew such as clothing, housekeeping and personal care
items, laptop computers and audio-visual equipment.
"The Lockheed Martin cargo mission team has responded with
flexibility and ingenuity to changes in manifests to keep the space
station crew supplied with critical items and support scientific
research," said Art Ibers, Lockheed
Martin vice president for Exploration and Mission Support.
The one-year extension is valued at $23
million. This is the second of four options in the original
Cargo Mission Contract awarded in December
2010.
Lockheed Martin also supports NASA's Johnson Space Center in
Houston with systems engineering
and analysis, control center design, development and operations,
life sciences services, human in-the-loop simulations, and a broad
range of engineering, science and technical services
activities.
Headquartered in Bethesda,
Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that employs approximately 112,000 people worldwide and is
principally engaged in the research, design, development,
manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology
systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales for
2014 were $45.6 billion.
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