GBU-12 Paveway II of the Paveway series) are produced by defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Raytheon began production after purchasing the product line from Texas Instruments. Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to compete with Raytheon when there was a break in production caused by transferring manufacturing out of Texas. "Paveway II" refers specifically to the guidance kit, rather than to the weapon itself. See also GBU-16 Paveway II, where the same guidance unit is fitted to a Mk 83 1,000-lb bomb. The US Department of Defense has upgraded GBU-12 production versions to include GPS guidance modes. Lockheed Martin is the sole
Lockheed Martin A2100 Lockheed Martin A2100 The A2100 is a communications satellite spacecraft model made by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in the 1990s-2010s for telecommunications in geosynchronous orbit, as well as GOES-R weather satellites and GPS Block IIIA satellites. The Lockheed Martin A2100 geosynchronous spacecraft series is designed for a variety of telecommunications needs including K band broadband and broadcast services, fixed satellite services in C-band and K band payload configurations, high-power direct broadcast services using the K band frequency spectrum, and mobile satellite services using UHF, L-band and S-band payloads. The A2100 satellite system was developed by a Skunk Works team at