Artificial Intelligence: Lockheed Martin and Red Hat to collaborate on Military Drone Systems

Lockheed Martin and Red Hat, Inc. announced their collaboration to advance artificial intelligence (AI) innovation on Lockheed Martin's unmanned military platforms. The adoption of newly developed Red Hat Device Edge technology will enable Lockheed Martin's unmanned systems to operate safely in geographically constrained environments and improves the processing of sensor-derived information. In a recent demonstration, Lockheed Martin used Red Hat Device Edge on a Stalker UAS to show how AI-enhanced sensing can advance joint operations across domains. The Stalker used onboard sensors and AI to adapt in real time to a threat environment. As reported by the company, the Stalker was flying an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission to detect a simulated military target.