Industry Lab Seeks to Prove Value Of Networks in Homeland Defense

摘要

A U.S. defense contractor has designed and built a high-tech facility for the sole purpose of helping military and homeland security agencies understand the applications of networked systems. The 50,000-square-foot center, located in Suffolk, Va., was developed by Lockheed Martin Corporation, of Bethesda, Md.. Using interactive video screens, modeling, simulation and visualization systems, as well as engineering and analysis capabilities, technicians can build, for example, a globally interconnected web to share data, explained program manager Sam Guthrie. The center uses a simulated global-information-grid test bed to allow customers to conduct experimental work on net-centric systems.