Lockheed Martin’s Supply Chain is Mission Critical to its SkyKeeper Battle Management Command and Control Capability
Our Lockheed Martin UK SkyKeeper Command and Control system has been designed and developed by our engineers based at Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, in collaboration with our key supply chain partners.
As a Systems Integrator, the supply chain is an essential element of Lockheed Martin's products. Our broad and capable supply chain allows us to access a range of innovative and disruptive technologies from a wide industrial base, including non-traditional suppliers.
Lockheed Martin works strategically with its supply chain to share innovative requirements early, which enables the supply chain to invest and de-risk prior to adoption.
Our supplier vetting and quality assurance processes are key enablers for new supplier technology and services to be adopted in an agile and low risk manner.
SkyKeeper's modular architecture allows for rapid adoption and replacement of technology from the supply chain, significantly reducing costly regression testing and obsolescence issues.
When considering which companies to partner with, we look to work with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Supporting the UK Government’s social value and growth agenda is important to our business. At Lockheed Martin we’re committed to partnering with and supporting local businesses. Our SMEUNITE supplier ecosystem has purposefully been designed to attract UK SMEs into the defence sector.
Below are a few examples of how some of our key SkyKeeper suppliers are supporting Lockheed Martin to deliver a robust, integrated, and interoperable product, capable of spiral development for our customers. This level of collaboration enables Lockheed Martin to deliver a cutting-edge Command and Control capability.
