Lockheed Martin And Google Partner To Advance AI In Defense

Lockheed Martin Corp LMT and Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL owned Google Public Sector have announced on Thursday a strategic partnership to integrate Google’s advanced generative artificial intelligence (AI) into Lockheed Martin’s AI Factory ecosystem.

The initiative aims to enhance the development, deployment, and maintenance of AI-driven solutions for national security, aerospace, and scientific fields.

Lockheed Martin’s AI Factory, a proprietary artificial intelligence platform, integrates both open-source and in-house AI models to maintain security, dependability, and transparency.

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By incorporating Google Cloud’s AI capabilities, the company aims to boost its AI infrastructure, reinforcing its existing technologies to enable secure and reliable AI implementation.

“Using Google Cloud’s AI technologies allows us to explore a wide range of powerful capabilities to deliver innovative, reliable solutions that stay ahead of the curve,” said John Clark, senior vice president, Lockheed Martin Technology & Strategic Innovation.

This partnership will enable Lockheed Martin to integrate AI innovations into critical areas, including real-time intelligence processing, aerospace maintenance, and improved engineering design.

Additional applications involve strengthening supply chain security, enhancing secure software development, tailoring workforce training, and speeding up scientific discoveries.

“Our Google Cloud AI technologies will provide Lockheed Martin with a powerful toolset to address some of their most demanding issues faster than ever before,” said Jim Kelly, vice president Federal, Google Public Sector.

Lockheed Martin will incorporate Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform into its AI ecosystem, enabling secure and scalable AI model training and deployment.

Price Action: LMT shares closed lower by 0.65% at $442.28 on Thursday.

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