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Lockheed Martin Develops Test Platform For Sharing Intelligence

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Aug. 19 it has demonstrated using a maritime test platform to simulate various naval environments at sea to test intelligence and communication systems ahead of introducing them to operations. Lockheed Martin said the software testing platform showed how evolving technologies such as data fusion and predictive analytics can be used to quickly share intelligence in limited bandwidth settings. In the test, Lockheed Martin said it showed how the Navy could fuse simulated Aegis radar data with…

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