WASHINGTON — A Huntsville company has joined 11 others, including Lockheed Martin, on a $237 million Air Force contract, the Department of Defense announced.

Axient and the other companies were awarded a ceiling $237,600,000 multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement, firm-fixed-price contract for rapid satellite acquisition designed for payload integration, launch, on-orbit support and anomaly detection, the DoD news release said.

Work will be performed in locations in the contiguous U.S. and is expected to be completed April 2035.

The Space Systems Command Innovation and Prototyping Delta at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque is the contracting activity.