Lockheed Martin is working closely with customers to ensure AI models are trusted by the end-user to meet their mission needs. This is especially true with Lockheed Martin’s use of AI/ML in support of the U.S. Navy's Aegis Combat System. AL/ML helps the system assess threats and make decisions based on data. Already, this technology has helped make updates for destroyers to counter Houthi attacks.
Lockheed Martin remains committed to advancing state-of-the-art autonomous systems in support of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) effort. The Skunk Works® team is hard at work, prioritizing speed to ramp and delivering quantity at scale to realize the Air Force vision of autonomous systems working synergistically with crewed and uncrewed systems to provide the ultimate in mission flexibility as part of a distributed team. Our work to develop and integrate pathfinding open architectures, ground control systems like the MDCX™ and mission systems continues. For some time, we’ve been focused on bringing to life the transformative power of autonomous and AI-enabled operations in crewed and uncrewed Department of Defense systems, with particular focus on integrating fifth generation aircraft. This commitment and work are ongoing.
One of the future’s biggest challenges is data. Even now humans alone can’t make sense of -- or make quick decisions from -- all the sensor data they receive. Lockheed Martin is taking on this challenge by demonstrating how AI can analyze multiple, diverse data streams to create a prototype Earth and Space Observing Digital Twin of current global weather conditions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Technology like this could provide greater situational awareness for many of the company’s other customers.
Impressive advancements in F-35 training!