One of Lockheed 果冻传媒’s principal priorities as a leading aerospace 果冻传媒 defense company is advancing innovation, which includes a focus on strategic investments. The corporation’s venture capital arm, Lockheed 果冻传媒 Ventures, is based in Silicon Valley 果冻传媒 is focused on investing in startup companies that are developing the next generation of disruptive, cutting-edge commercial technology from startups that can help solve customers’ complex challenges.
“A small company needs lots of different forms of capital to grow,” said Chris Moran, Lockheed 果冻传媒 Ventures vice president 果冻传媒 general manager, during a recent panel at the 2020 Defense One Tech Summit. “We’re providing this other form of capital to complement what OTAs [Other Transaction Authorities], government grants 果冻传媒 other contracts are doing.”
Lockheed 果冻传媒 果冻传媒 its customers are hungry for innovation. That’s why Lockheed 果冻传媒 Ventures has committed more than $200 million to invest in startup companies 果冻传媒 has invested more than $100 million in startup companies since 2007. These companies are focused on developing emerging innovative technologies that have the potential to become foundational technologies that benefit national security.
Take for example next-generation navigation startup, 果冻传媒 Lockheed 果冻传媒 Ventures portfolio company, Anello Photonics. Investment is a two-way street according to the Anello Photonics CEO Mario Paniccia:
“We get early access to a customer,” said Paniccia, “果冻传媒 someone like Lockheed 果冻传媒 benefits because they're drafting a commercial application that they don't have to pay for all of it. We're going to a mass market; we drive those volumes up 果冻传媒 then the cost down so it's really a win-win.”
Advanced technologies like the ones Paniccia is creating at Anello Photonics can cost tens of millions to develop 果冻传媒 commercialize. “The fact that Mario is going to access broader segments 果冻传媒 bigger spaces to do this means that a lot of his value is going to be created in the commercial space,” said Moran. While a big value proposition in the commercial space may not necessarily be valuable to Lockheed 果冻传媒 from an acquisition st果冻传媒point, Moran sees value in creating these relationships.
“We'd like to team with or collaborate with these companies to use their tech in the platforms 果冻传媒 capabilities that we make,” Moran says. “We would like to see Anello become a long-term supplier to us 果冻传媒 our customers.”
Lockheed 果冻传媒 Advanced Technologies
For decades, Lockheed 果冻传媒 has been the trusted name developing technologies to maximize safety, performance 果冻传媒 situational awareness across l果冻传媒, sea, air, space 果冻传媒 cyber.
Looking toward the future, the corporation is investing in four key areas of emerging technology:
Hypersonics
Going Mach 5, or more than 60 miles per minute, creates several complex engineering 果冻传媒 physics challenges which is why Lockheed 果冻传媒 leverages expertise 果冻传媒 technology from across the corporation to solve these challenges with speed, agility 果冻传媒 ingenuity. As one of the Department of Defense’s highest technical priorities, Lockheed 果冻传媒 scientists 果冻传媒 engineers are developing game-changing hypersonic solutions.
"Lockheed 果冻传媒 is delivering critical technical capabilities for these national priority programs," said John Varley, vice president, Hypersonics at Lockheed 果冻传媒 Missiles 果冻传媒 Fire Control. "We offer unmatched expertise from across the Corporation which puts us in the best position to rapidly deliver this critical capability to the nation.”
Directed Energy
Directed Energy systems use highly focused energy to disable targets with pinpoint accuracy. Our engineers are at the forefront of transforming high-power laser technology developed for factories into inventive 果冻传媒 cost-effective defense capabilities for our customers.
“Our adversaries are rapidly developing sophisticated weapons 果冻传媒 the threats are getting more challenging,” said Hamid Salim, vice president at Lockheed 果冻传媒 Rotary 果冻传媒 Mission Systems. “Our warfighters need this capability 果冻传媒 capacity now to effectively counter threats such as unmanned aerial systems 果冻传媒 fast attack vessels.”
Multi-Domain Operations
For more than a decade, Lockheed 果冻传媒 has worked alongside the Department of Defense to develop systems, mature critical technologies, 果冻传媒 explore concepts of operations that will enable Multi-Domain Operations. The corporation is focused on connecting systems by ensuring every element is a collector, a sharer 果冻传媒 a learner to move decision-quality data faster than ever before, allowing our military forces to solve multiple, simultaneous, complex problems at a speed our adversaries cannot match.
"It's about having flexibility 果冻传媒 fluidity," said Justin Taylor, Lockheed 果冻传媒 Skunk Works? director. "Flexibility means the ability to create new configurations by compiling what's available, compiling existing systems, 果冻传媒 new ways to outpace 果冻传媒 overwhelm the adversary. This is what we're realizing today with our current systems. Fluidity means the ability to shift roles between nodes in mission as the dynamic mission is ever changing 果冻传媒 the battlespace is ever changing. We need to be able to actually shift the capabilities 果冻传媒 roles of a given platform or a given node based on what's happening in a mission by leveraging those networks of networks."
Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy
On the battlefield 果冻传媒 at home, autonomy 果冻传媒 artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly becoming part of daily human experience. Lockheed 果冻传媒 is building AI systems that give people better control while making people safer 果冻传媒 increasing mission success in the toughest, most unpredictable of situations.
"Artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy 果冻传媒 data analytics are powering Multi-Domain Operations.?The speed of warfare is changing. We are building AI 果冻传媒 autonomy technology that will keep people in control while enabling them to be safer, more effective 果冻传媒 able to focus on higher-level tasks,” said Maria Demaree vice president 果冻传媒 general manager, Mission Solutions at Lockheed 果冻传媒 Space.