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Lockheed to R&D Cloud Computing for Satellite Command, Control with Air Force

Lockheed Martin has signed a three-year cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Air Force, the company announced today.

Under the agreement, Lockheed will work with the Air Force’s Space Development and Test Directorate and research laboratory to improve the operation and affordability of satellite command and control through micro-cloud computing architecture.

The pair will perform live demonstrations at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.’s Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

“This agreement is a first step in opening up our architecture to the best ground station technologies in the private and civil sectors, ” said Colonel John Anttonen, chief of the Space Test and Operations Division at Kirtland AFB.  “We are bringing the smartphone concept to our next generation ground systems where satellites are flown as apps and new technology can be rapidly inserted.”

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