WASHINGTON — Gravitics was selected by Lockheed Martin to build three spacecraft for demonstrations of space-based missile defense technologies under the Pentagon’s Golden Dome program, according to regulatory filings.
Recent SEC filings confirm Gravitics’ role in planned Golden Dome space technology demonstrations and reveal the company is pursuing a merger in order to become publicly traded.
The Seattle-area company received a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Space in May to build three of its Orbital Carriers for space-based missile defense, the filings said. Gravitics describes the carriers as large orbital platforms that can pre-position spacecraft, sensors or other payloads and release them when needed.
Gravitics in an Aug. 4 press release said Lockheed Martin had selected the company to support a Defense Department contract “of national importance.” Neither company identified the program at the time.
Lockheed Martin is one of 12 companies awarded prototype agreements by the Space Force to develop space-based interceptors for Golden Dome, part of a competition involving 20 agreements worth up to $3.2 billion.
