Lockheed Martin and Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., will be working together under a new three-year cooperative research development agreement, designed “to assemble a set of cross-domain decision-making tools with enhanced situational awareness capabilities and embedded simulation.” In other words, they expect to develop new computerized tools to share and display warfighting data, gleaned from numerous sources via Global Information Grid technology.
Air Force depots are not typically meant for quick repair jobs, but during Operation Epic Fury, the service moved some of its stateside heavy maintenance capability forward to fix battle-damaged aircraft closer to the fight.
