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Army

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Satellite Control of SMSS

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it recently successfully demonstrated satellite control of its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS™) at Camp Grayling, Mich., from more than 200 miles away. The SMSS vehicle conducted several battlefield surveillance operations while being controlled beyond line-of-sight via satellite from the Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in Warren, Mich. “These demonstrations allow the Army development communities to better understand capabilities available to them with SMSS right now,” said Joe Zinecker, director of combat…

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