FORT
WORTH, Texas, March 7,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Lockheed Martin [NYSE:
LMT], Korea Aerospace Industries and Red 6 Aerospace announced a
new partnership that will deliver advanced 21st Century Security
capabilities across a spectrum of training and combat aircraft.
The partnership will initially bring Red 6's revolutionary
augmented reality platform, the Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality
System (ATARS), into the TF-50 and variants. The system gives
pilots and ground operators new capabilities to see and interact
with synthetic threats in real-time, high-speed environments.
"Readiness and lethality are critical if our warfighters are to
prevail against peer adversaries. Lockheed Martin and Korea
Aerospace Industries aircraft are ideal platforms for our Augmented
Reality system. Advanced aircraft, together with ATARS technology,
will deliver a paradigm shift in the quality, quantity, and cost of
training future pilots," said Daniel
Robinson, Founder and CEO of Red 6.
Lockheed Martin recently submitted the TF-50A variant in
response to the U.S. Air Force's February
2023 request for information for a two-seater aircraft to
cover three near-term missions including tactical training,
adversarial air support and to serve as a tactical fighter
surrogate. The TF-50A is configured as a light attack
fighter/trainer with additional enhancements to include radar,
electronic warfare system, tactical data link, and other
capabilities to meet Air Combat Command requirements.
While the ATARS system is initially targeted for the TF-50 and
variants, it could eventually be applied to operational Lockheed
Martin platforms such as the F-16, F-22 and F-35.
"Our vision is to help our customers leverage emerging
technologies to seamlessly and securely connect all assets in the
joint battlespace and enable fast and decisive action," said OJ
Sanchez, Vice President and General Manager, Integrated Fighter
Group at Lockheed Martin. "Lockheed Martin has made significant
advances across the board in digital engineering and open
architectures during the past few years, as well as strategic
partnerships. These are enabling us to accelerate development,
production, upgrades, responsiveness and sustainment across our
platforms.
"One such example is this new partnership with Red 6, and we
look forward to building advanced capabilities that support our
customers' needs," Sanchez continued.
Red 6 is a Lockheed Martin Ventures portfolio company.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda,
Maryland, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security
and aerospace company that employs approximately 116,000 people
worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services.
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announcements and news across the corporation.
About Red 6
Red 6, founded in 2018, is the creator of Airborne Tactical
Augmented Reality System (ATARS), Combined Augmented Reality
Battlespace Operational Network (CARBON), and Augmented Reality Command and
Analytic Data Environment (ARCADE). Red 6 systems are the first
wide field-of-view, full color demonstrably proven outdoor
augmented reality solution that operate in dynamic outdoor
environments. Together, they bring virtual and constructive assets
into the real-world by allowing pilots and ground operators to see
synthetic threats in real-time, outdoors, and critically, in
high-speed environments.
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