COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will integrate customized
applications or apps into its ground station solutions to offer
more efficiency between operators and missions.
"We want to shape the future of the industry," said Vinny Sica, vice president of Space Ground
Solutions for Lockheed Martin. "Transitioning to software-based
mission-agnostic ground systems provides a flexible, simpler model
with a lower life-cycle cost and up to 15 percent savings in
service management costs."
Satellite operator tasks include programming a satellite to
orbit the earth in a desired path; receiving continuous streams of
data such as imagery, signal intelligence or communications data
from space; and monitoring data from ground sensors and launch
activities.
Tasks traditionally contained as separate functions can be
designed and managed as single apps, integrated on a common
operating platform, which increases mission performance by 20
percent. This enhances situational awareness, while enabling users
to manage multiple missions simultaneously.
Lockheed Martin ground station app technology couples commercial
products, flexible software and open standards to provide customers
solutions that are affordable, modular and extensible. Utilizing
this framework allows apps to be easily customized to the mission
at hand, and fluid enough to adapt to new orders.
Upgrading ground stations to serve the 21st Century
is imperative as the complexity of space platforms and missions
increases. Implementing software-based solutions on modern ground
infrastructure provides the opportunity for up to a 75 percent
reduction in operational hardware costs, offering a streamlined
approach to managing future space exploration.
Headquartered in Bethesda,
Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that employs approximately 112,000 people worldwide and is
principally engaged in the research, design, development,
manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology
systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales for
2014 were $45.6 billion.
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