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Lockheed Martin Kestrel, Indago no longer under ITAR - News
May 14, 2014
ORLANDO, FL. Lockheed Martin made the announcement at the AUVSI show that the Kestrel autopilot and a version of the vertical takeoff and lift Indago system are no longer restricted by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); they are now controlled under the Export Administration Regulations. This enables quick, affordable deployments for international markets.
Unmanned
Ground-based laser takes out small boats in demonstration - News
May 08, 2014
SUNNYVALE, CA. Lockheed Martin engineers tested a prototype laser system -- the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) system -- disabling two boats at a range of about 1 mile. These were the system's first tests against maritime targets.
Avionics
Apache sensors to be produced for U.S. Army and Indonesia - News
May 05, 2014
ORLANDO, FL. Lockheed Martin won a $80.6 million Army production contract for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) used on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. Army officials are procuring eight systems and spares and nine systems are being developed for the Indonesian army.
Unmanned
Enhanced UAS automation enabled by Lockheed Martin GCS software - News
April 28, 2014
OWEGO, N.Y. Lockheed Martin engineers have developed enhanced automation for their Kestrel flight control systems used in the company's Group 1 family of unmanned aircraft systems. Kestrel works in tandem with Lockheed Martin's mobile Ground Control Station (mGCS) software, which now enables operators to have an intuitive interface, user-friendly touchscreen, and joystick options, and a, that all help to reduce their workload.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin to construct 60-kilowatt electric laser for U.S. Army - News
April 24, 2014
BOTHELL, WA. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $25 million contract from the U.S. Army to design, build, and test a 60-kilowatt electric laser to be integrated and tested on the truck-mounted High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD).
Unmanned
Weather satellite's Solar Ultraviolet Imager payload delivered by Lockheed Martin - News
April 22, 2014
PALO ALTO, CA. Lockheed Martin engineers deployed a new solar analysis payload for scientists to measure and forecast space weather, which can seriously damage satellites, electrical grids, and communications systems back on Earth. Dubbed the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument, the payload was integrated with the first flight vehicle for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, better known as GOES-R.
Unmanned
James Webb Space Telescope gets its Near Infrared Camera - News
April 14, 2014
PALO ALTO, CA. Lockheed Martin engineers and experts at the University of Arizona deployed the primary imaging instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The new Near Infrared Camera, or NIRCam, is now integrated within the heart of the telescope, which is known as the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM).
