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Lockheed Martin, KAI, Red 6 Partner On Augmented Reality For T-50 Aircraft

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023

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Lockheed Martin, KAI, Red 6 Partner On Augmented Reality For T-50 Aircraft

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday said it is partnering with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and the augmented reality developer Red 6 Aerospace to bring an airborne augmented reality system initially into the TF-50 light combat fighter/trainer aircraft to provide a lower cost, real-time training environment for pilots at high speeds. The partnership will take advantage of Red 6’s Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS) with the initial focus being the T-50 and variants of the supersonic aircraft, with the potential…

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