
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Two small satellites developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to demonstrate the use of space for joint all domain command and control (JADC2) were successfully launched into orbit last month and are going through final checkout before demonstrations begin, a company official said on Monday. The self-funded Pony Express 2 mission will demonstrate several missions, including autonomous collaboration between the satellites using the company’s Hivestar artificial intelligence and machine learning platform to sort out which spacecraft is better positioned…