Lockheed Martin and Google Public Sector have announced a new collaboration to bring Google's generative AI technology, including its Gemini models, into Lockheed Martin's secure on-premise environments. The initiative aims to make advanced AI tools available across the company while maintaining strict security standards necessary for national security applications.
The integration will allow Lockheed Martin teams to use generative AI for faster and more efficient data analysis, improved research and development processes, and optimized logistics. The technology is expected to help analyze large datasets quickly, support the exploration of new materials and designs, and enhance supply chain management.
Greg Forrest, Vice President of AI Foundations and Commercialization at Lockheed Martin, said: “Collaborating with Google Public Sector to bring Gemini onpremises underscores our commitment to delivering cuttingedge, secure AI capabilities that directly support our missioncritical programs. This initiative equips our engineers with powerful tools—safely and at scale—to accelerate innovation in support of our business and critical missions.”
In the initial phase of the partnership, Google's generative AI technologies will be integrated into Lockheed Martin's unclassified on-premise environment using Google Distributed Cloud. This will give employees access to Google's suite of AI tools while ensuring compliance with high standards for security.
Jim Kelly, Vice President of Federal at Google Public Sector, stated: "Our collaboration with Lockheed Martin is a testament to our joint commitment to bringing the power of generative AI to meet the needs of our public sector customers. We are proud to take yet another industry-leading step with Lockheed Martin to deploy the most advanced AI tools to support government agencies, while adhering to the absolute highest standards of security and data governance."
Lockheed Martin describes itself as a global defense technology company focused on innovation and scientific discovery in areas such as aerospace and cybersecurity. More information can be found at https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/index.html.
Google Cloud provides infrastructure and artificial intelligence solutions used by organizations worldwide. Details about their offerings are available at https://cloud.google.com/.
