PALMDALE, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) has successfully demonstrated the Intelligent Control and
Autonomous Re-planning of Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) suite of technologies
as part of an exercise conducted August 12-14.
The Edge Command and Control/Hybrid Operations (ECC/HO) week-long
exercise was conducted at the Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex, Dam
Neck, Va. The exercise was part of the Navy Network Warfare Command's
annual TRIDENT WARRIOR 08 technology insertion demonstration and was
attended by representatives from numerous Navy commands.
The ECC/HO exercises consisted of a Tactical Operations Center operator
working in conjunction with a mobile Command and Control (C2) unit and
soldiers on-the-ground. Control of the sensors on-board the Desert Hawk III
unmanned air vehicle and an unmanned surface vehicle was handed-off between
ICARUS consoles within the Tactical Operations Center, the mobile C2 unit
and soldiers on-the-ground as the mission unfolded. Throughout the live
exercise, ICARUS dynamically planned and re-planned vehicle operations to
meet task requests, enabling a single operator to play the role of a
mission manager. The resulting intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance products were shared directly by all participants.
"The success of this demonstration further validates our ICARUS
autonomous mission management system concept. We have shown that ICARUS
decreases UAS operator workload while enabling control of a team of
unmanned assets performing complex missions in dynamically changing
environments," said John Clark, Lockheed Martin's ICARUS program manager.
ICARUS is a technology initiative to increase the autonomy in unmanned
vehicles. The initiative is in its sixth year of development, led by the
Advanced Development Programs (Skunk Works(R)) organization of Lockheed
Martin Aeronautics Co., with support from Lockheed Martin Advanced
Technology Labs.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security
company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally
engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The
corporation reported 2007 sales of $41.9 billion.
SOURCE Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
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