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Lockheed Developing Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion Testbed For Army

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017

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The Army is moving forward with its development of a Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion (MMSF), tasking Lockheed Martin [LMT] with a $12 million contract to develop a testbed of the technology for its rotary-wing aircraft.Under the deal, announced Oct. 12 and awarded as part of the Army’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), Lockheed will develop a sensor fusion over the next 40 months needed to integrate capabilities for enhancing rotary-wing aircraft survivability.The MMSF is also designed to improve the pilot’s ability…

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