{"title":"HEO vs Lockheed Martin Space: Defense & intelligence compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/heo-vs-lockheed-martin-space","comparison":"Lockheed Martin Space ranks 5 on the Space 100 with a score of 88; HEO ranks 85 with 66. Lockheed Martin Space is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on technology. HEO is based in Australia, Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, United States. Lockheed Martin Space: Subsidiary. HEO is named in 15 signals and Lockheed Martin Space in 90.","companies":[{"name":"HEO","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/heo","city":null,"country":"Australia","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"HEO is an Australian company (Sydney) and the category creator of commercial non-Earth imaging (photographing satellites from other satellites), with seven first-generation camera missions and its Adler Mk2 GEO-hardened camera flying in 2026, plus >50 sensors accessible after a Planet SkySat integration (August 2026). It is the asset-light space-domain-awareness model (cameras in the right place, not big satellites), acquired Satellogic's NewSat-34 (Australia's first sovereign sub-meter imaging asset), and moved its NRO relationship to operational integration (a February 2026 CSO contract). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (the NRO contract is small-dollar, seven-figure class).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":85,"score":66,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":6,"production":4,"technology":8},"why":"HEO sells Non-Earth Imaging services to government and intelligence customers, providing imagery of spacecraft and other objects in orbit.","segment":"Defense & intelligence","layer":"Applications"},"signals_total":15,"facts_total":12},{"name":"Lockheed Martin Space","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/lockheed-martin-space","city":"Littleton","country":"United States","stage":"Subsidiary","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Lockheed Martin's space segment (~$13B annual revenue) has the deepest prime bench in national-security space: Orion (Artemis), GPS III, classified sensor programs, an SDA Tranche 3 win (December 2025), Terran Orbital as its smallsat manufacturing arm, and a HawkEye 360 investment. Its venture arm and Terran absorption show a build-buy-invest triple play. Segment financials are program-scoped (a filings pass owed).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":5,"score":88,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Lockheed Martin builds spacecraft platforms including LM 400, GPS III, OPIR, and missile-warning satellites for government and defense customers.","segment":"Defense & intelligence","layer":"Applications"},"signals_total":90,"facts_total":45}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}