Lockheed to develop AI tools for DARPA missions

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $4.6 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for dynamic, airborne missions, according to a press release.

This initiative is part of DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) programme, which aims to enhance Modeling and Simulation (M&S) approaches and develop advanced AI agents for live, multi-ship, beyond visual range (BVR) missions.

The AIR program is designed to improve the speed and predictive performance of government-provided baseline models to better reflect how the Department of Defense’s systems perform in real-world scenarios.

Over an 18-month period, Lockheed Martin will apply AI and Machine Learning (ML) techniques to create surrogate models of aircraft, sensors, electronic warfare, and weapons within dynamic and operationally representative environments.

“In complex airborne missions, our customers need access to advanced technologies that connect critical systems quickly across all domains,” said Gaylia Campbell, vice president of Engineering and Technology for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, in the news release.

“The DARPA AIR program will use state-of-the-art scientific ML technology and Lockheed Martin’s ARISE infrastructure to deliver unprecedented amounts of data that service members can use to make faster and more informed decisions.”