Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) has announced contracts with five Australian small-to- medium-enterprises to explore Australian sovereign technologies that may be incorporated into the AIR6500 system solution. LMA, together with innovative Australian SMEs which include Consilium Technology, Consunet, Shoal, Silentium Defence and Ultra, will investigate and develop capabilities that can be integrated into an open architecture framework to support fifth generation concepts and application development.
A key focus of the SMEs will be to explore technologies ranging from electronic warfare battle management, contested communications, cyber protection, advanced systems engineering and passive sensing.
Lockheed Martin Australia AIR6500 Program executive, Steve Froelich, said over the past four years, the LMA AIR6500 team has been steadily adding to sovereign presence and expanding the company’s Australian team...MORE
