Lockheed Martin to develop weapon seeker to attack targets without use of GPS

摘要

Munitions experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. are developing a small, lightweight weapon seeker prototype to enable smart munitions to engage moving and relocatable targets during the Lockheed Martin is developing a smart-munitions seeker that can deliver pinpoint accuracy without the use of GPS signals. day and at night in contested environments where global positioning system (GPS) satellite navigation may be unavailable. Officials of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., announced an $8.2 million contract to the Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control segment in Orlando, Fla., for this experimental seeker work. The AFRL awarded the contract to Lockheed Martin on behalf of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., as part of the DARPA Seeker Cost Transformation (SEC-TR) program.