PALMDALE, Calif., Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed
Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works®, the Missile Defense
Agency and the U.S. Air Force successfully connected an F-35, U-2
and a multi-domain ground station in a ground-breaking test
demonstrating multi-domain operations and the secure distribution
of sensitive information across multiple platforms.
During the demonstration, called Project Riot, an F-35 detected
a long-range missile launch with its onboard sensors and shared the
information through the U-2 to the air defense commander on the
ground, enabling the commander to quickly make the decision to
target the threat. This next-level connectivity reduces the
data-to-decision timeline from minutes to seconds, which is
critical in fighting today's adversaries and advanced threats.
In partnership with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and the Missile Defense Agency,
Skunk Works' Project Riot builds on a series of open systems
architecture demonstrations proving how incremental increases in
capability can be rapidly fielded to enable a connected network
across air, ground, sea, space and cyber domains.
"This demonstration continues our commitment to provide complete
battlespace awareness and seamless interoperability to enable
multi-domain operations," said John
Clark, vice president of ISR & UAS at Lockheed Martin
Skunk Works. "With its long-range standoff sensors, on-board
processing and ability to operate in and around contested
environments, the U-2 continues to play a critical role in
demonstrating new capabilities today, while transforming operations
for tomorrow's battlespace."
Leveraging common industry standards to drive down cost and
shorten schedules, the team achieved four mission critical data
points in less than four months:
- Demonstrated the ability to leverage F-35 sensor data for
missile defense
- Leveraged the modernized U-2's extensive payload capacity,
modular design and open architecture to provide beyond line of
sight communications between the F-35 and a multi-domain ground
station
- Established two new data paths to securely transmit
5th generation sensor data at multiple levels of
security to the warfighter, enabling a multi-domain network of
legacy and 5th generation systems
- Disseminated 5th generation data using the Air
Force's Universal Command and Control Interface and Open Mission
Systems standards for faster capability deployment and seamless
connection between systems
"The F-35, with its advanced sensors and connectivity, is able
to gather and seamlessly share critical information enabling the
joint force to be safer and more effective," said Greg Ulmer, Lockheed Martin vice president and
general manager for the F-35 program. "No other fighter jet in the
world has this capability – and this test was a critical step on
the path to unlocking its full potential for multi-domain
operations."
This demonstration builds on successful flight tests completed
since 2013 that establish the foundation for a distributed,
systems-of-systems architecture in the not-too-distant future.
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Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
105,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services.
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