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Lockheed Martin has posted a YouTube video (Shown above) of their VRSIL, Virtual Reality Systems Integration Lab, that allows product testing in virtual environments with coupled simulation and visualization.

Lockheed Martin’s Virtual Reality Systems Integration Lab (VRSIL) can rapidly perform product testing in custom, realistic virtual environments, saving development costs by improving product prototypes on the spot and quickly progressing to new testing phases, ultimately improving the affordability of the system.

The VRSILs unique capabilities include models and simulation systems, real-time visualizations, human-in-the-loop/human factor experiments, and post-processed visuals for analysis and marketing.

It’s difficult to tell what, if anything, in the video actually comes from the VRSIL and isn’t just conceptual 3dsMax renderings (I love the firing soldier with “Animation Test” plastered vertically on the left side), but the idea is interesting.

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Lockheed Martin is holding the opening dedication ceremonies today for their new NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center in Gaithersburg, MD.  Designed to “foster innovation and collaboration”, the facility features cutting-edge technology, including some great visualization and telepresence technology.

The 25,000 square foot facility is designed complete with a global cyber innovation range to solve technology challenges in real-time while simulating customer environments. NexGen leverages partner and Lockheed Martin technologies to create rapid prototypes to speed the innovation of solution delivery while providing seamless security. Features of the center include: seven collaboration areas, a green IT data center, cloud computing platforms, telepresence and high definition video teleconferencing, and site connectivity to other Lockheed Martin facilities around the globe.

Read up more on the facility here.

via Lockheed Martin IS&GS Opens New NexGen Cyber Innovation And Technology Center | Lockheed Martin.

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Lockheed Martin has just announced a new service aimed at delivering sophisticated mapping and imagery tools to U.S. Government agencies.  Collaborating with Pictometry International, Corp. they’ve developed a web-portal called “Intelligence on Demand”  that offers a pay-as-you-go web-access to over 100 million high-resolution images.

Dozens of U.S. government agencies rely on sophisticated mapping and imagery to support their operations. But for many of the organizations within these agencies, it’s not practical to purchase and maintain a multi-million dollar server infrastructure to house terabytes of high-resolution imagery.

For organizations looking for affordable, instant access to imagery, Lockheed Martin offers Intelligence on Demand, a new web portal developed in collaboration with Pictometry International, Corp. that delivers a complete library of imagery and analytical tools for a flat monthly subscription fee.

via Intelligence on Demand | Lockheed Martin. via Reuters Press Release

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