OWEGO, N.Y., Sept. 6, 2011 The Lockheed Martin led unmanned K-MAX® team successfully completed a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA) for the U.S. Navy’s Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program. “The autonomous flying K-MAX is designed to resupply Marines on the battlefield and in remote locations,” said Roger Il Grande, director of Airborne Systems at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems &...
Lockheed Martin has developed a ruggedized version of its Stalker Unmanned Air System (UAS), called the Stalker eXtreme Endurance (XE) UAS. The Stalker XE system quadruples Stalker’s flight endurance to eight-plus hours without impacting the mobility of the unmanned system or the flexibility of its payload capabilities. “Missions requiring real time eyes-on a situation for extended periods of time,...
WASHINGTON, August 16th, 2011 — The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $47 million contract to develop, demonstrate and deliver autonomous technologies for unmanned air systems in support of in-theater unmanned cargo resupply missions. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace will demonstrate intelligent autonomous technologies for unmanned aerial systems using the K-MAX helicopter platform. The Army’s...
At noon on Aug. 16 and 17, Lockheed Martin’s Samarai UAV will take flight at AUVSI North America 2011 in the air demo area. Samarai was developed by the Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) in Cherry Hill, NJ. Inspired by the descent of maple seeds that float down from trees each season, the team decided to improve on the simplicity...
Using advanced, multi-level security intelligence sharing technologies, Lockheed Martin enabled members of the Five Eyes international consortium (United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand) to securely share intelligence of dissimilar classifications during the recent Empire Challenge Joint Forces exercise. The end to end processing, dissemination, and exploitation of non-traditional intelligence data was also demonstrated using fully operational products built on the new...
AP Hackers launched a “significant and tenacious” cyber attack on US defence contractor Lockheed Martin, which holds highly sensitive information, but its secrets remained safe, the company said today. Lockheed Martin, the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon confirmed that the contractor’s information systems had come under attack. Lt Col April Cunningham, speaking for the Defence Department, said...
Soldiers training in California before being deployed to Afganistan, a MOD promotional video. The troops are flying a Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk 3, a 1.2m wingspan sUAS capable of lifting 1KG for 90 minutes. Bookmark It Hide Sites
