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Lockheed Martin Space Launches Rapid R&D Unit To Outpace Threats

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 17th, 2023

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Lockheed Martin Space Launches Rapid R&D Unit To Outpace Threats

Sonia Phares, vice president, IGNITE, Lockheed Martin Space. LinkedIn Photo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Lockheed Martin [LMT] earlier this year stood up a new innovation arm within its Space segment to quickly ramp up research, development and demonstration efforts and test new capabilities and technologies to be able to more quickly respond to rapidly changing and emerging threats and meet customer needs. The IGNITE effort has three primary missions, including exploratory research and development, accelerated technology development, including finding new ways of doing business, and meeting the hardware and software capabilities needed…

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