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He will then serve as strategic adviser to ensure a smooth transition and will officially retire March 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As head of Lockheed Martin\u2019s space business, Ambrose oversaw the company\u2019s $11 billion space portfolio that supplies space systems to NASA, the Space Force and other government and commercial customers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the military side, his department delivered some of the nation\u2019s highest profile national security space systems, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/space\/2020\/12\/02\/the-space-forces-next-missile-warning-satellite-ready-for-2021-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">several missile warning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/06\/18\/space-force-launches-fifth-gps-iii-satellite\/\" target=\"_blank\">GPS satellites<\/a>. Under his watch, the company also won a contract to build some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/08\/31\/space-development-agency-orders-its-first-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\">first satellites for the Space Development Agency,<\/a> which is producing an entirely new constellation on orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambrose has worked at the company for more than 20 years. Before taking over the space unit, he served as president of information systems and global solutions-national, vice president and general manager of surveillance and navigation systems, and vice president and general manager of mission systems and sensors\u2019 tactical systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also served as chairman of United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing that is a major launch provider for the Department of Defense. 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