For the JAGM contract, Lockheed provides a 27-month technology development program that includes design, test and demonstration of joint air-to-ground missile system that significantly enhances warfighters operational flexibility and combat effectiveness.

FORBES: Lockheed's Flurry Of New Contracts Provides Short Term Support

The Patriot is an advanced surface-to-air missile system intended to defend against aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles.

BBC: Fact file: Patriot missile defence

One Pentagon official said that since early January, a team including 200 industry experts and scientists had worked furiously to modify the Aegis air-defense missile system so it could shoot down the satellite.

CNN: Navy missile hits dying spy satellite, says Pentagon