(RTTNews) - Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), Wednesday announced that it has received a contract to build the next-generation GeoXO Lightning Mapper instruments for NASA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which would be designed to detect and locate lightning flashes.

Lockheed Martin said it has been awarded a contract to design and build GeoXO Lightning Mapper instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The global security and aerospace company on Wednesday said that the baseline contract has a value of about $270 million for two instruments,