ARMONK,
N.Y., Dec. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed
Martin, a longtime leader in harnessing artificial intelligence to
boost defense and aerospace capabilities, is once again reshaping
the future of AI-driven innovation. In a new collaboration, IBM's
high-performing, enterprise-ready Granite large language models
(LLMs) will be integrated into Lockheed Martin's AI
Factory tools, which are accessed by more than 10,000 Lockheed
Martin developers and engineers.
Lockheed Martin's AI Factory environment accelerates ideas to
deployment, from months to mere weeks, seamlessly integrating
commercial best practices, establishing end-to-end development
pipelines, and implementing rigorous data governance to drive
greater efficiency and resource optimization. IBM's Granite LLMs
will further empower Lockheed Martin's workforce with cutting-edge
code, language, advanced reasoning and guardrail capabilities to
customize assistants and agents, enhance national security
missions, and accelerate business transformation.
By leveraging this integration, Lockheed Martin and IBM aim to
set new standards for innovation to help streamline
mission-critical insights and enhance decision-making capabilities
across defense and aerospace domains.
Expert perspectives
"To have the best AI capability
available to our customers, we continue to invest and innovate in
AI across our portfolio," said Dr. Steven
H. Walker, Lockheed Martin vice president and chief
technology officer. "A critical pillar of the strategy is
integrating the best capabilities available in the commercial world
with our already demonstrated and deployed industry leading AI
products and technology."
"IBM is excited to work with Lockheed Martin to bring the power
of our Granite large language models to their AI factory," said
Vanessa Hunt, technology general
manager, U.S. federal market, IBM. "Collaborations like ours, built
on a foundation of responsibility and open innovation, are critical
to shaping a future where AI significantly contributes to defense
without compromising security, capability, readiness or societal
values."
Background
Lockheed Martin aligns AI initiatives with
the U.S. Defense Department's five AI Ethics principles –
Responsible, Equitable, Traceable, Reliable, and Governable –
ensuring that all projects adhere to these core tenets. To foster a
deep understanding of AI ethics across the corporation, Lockheed
Martin has developed and implemented an internal AI ethics training
program to equip employees with an understanding of the
capabilities and limitations of AI so they can apply the technology
in a responsible way.
The complexity of the global security environment is evolving
rapidly, so Lockheed Martin is providing 21st Century
Security® solutions through collaboration with national security
customers, technology and telecommunications companies, and U.S.
allies and strategic partners around the world.
To learn more about Lockheed Martin's AI Innovations, visit:
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning.html.html
About IBM
IBM (NYSE: IBM) is a leading provider of
global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help
clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from
their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain
the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government
and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as
financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's
hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their
digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's
breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing,
industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and
flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's
long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility,
inclusivity and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more
information.
About Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a global
defense technology company driving innovation and advancing
scientific discovery. Our all-domain mission solutions and 21st
Century Security® vision accelerate the delivery of transformative
technologies to ensure those we serve always stay ahead of ready.
More information at LockheedMartin.com.
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