Aidan Daly
Lockheed Martin announced securing a $4.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop artificial intelligence tools.
Lockheed said Monday that the award is part of DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements program, which aims to improve the speed and predictive performance of baseline Department of Defense system models to better reflect real-world performance with the help of modeling and simulation technologies and AI agents.
The contract has a period of performance of 18 months, during which Lockheed will apply AI and ML techniques to create surrogate models of aircraft, sensors, electronic warfare and weapons in dynamic and operationally representative environments.
Commenting on the contract, Gaylia Campbell, vice president of engineering and technology for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, said the collaboration will “deliver unprecedented amounts of data that service members can use to make faster and more informed decisions.”
“This will provide significant cost savings opportunities for the Department of Defense and serve as a foundation for future AI defense solutions, ensuring the U.S. and its allies maintain their competitive advantage no matter the circumstances,” Campbell added.
