Lockheed Martin announced the launch of Strigo, a new defense system that integrates radio-frequency (RF) sensors, missile datalinks, and missile seeker technologies on Monday.

According to the announcement, Strigo solution systems can be configured and adapted for use in a variety of missions, such as air defense, missile defense, and surface-to-air engagements.

Lockheed Martin also announced the establishment of a dedicated product center to support Strigo, a move that is intended to advance the new solution system’s concept-to-delivery model.

The Strigo Product Center, which was created less than two years before its announcement, houses operations for developing and producing new RF sensor and missile technologies, in addition to serving as a storefront for the system.

Lockheed Martin aims to turn ‘what if’ into ‘what’s next’

“By putting proactive research and development at the forefront, the Strigo Product Center lets us test and deploy new solutions at unprecedented speed,” Lockheed Martin Sensors and Global Sustainment vice president and general manager Stacy Kubicek said of the new system and center. “That’s how we turn ‘what if’ into ‘what’s next’ faster than ever before.”

According to Lockheed Martin, the product center has already been used to support the innovation of defense technologies from the initial design stage, through testing, and to operational capability in a matter of months. 

The product center’s rapid pace of development and the adaptable nature of the Strigo system are intended to help the US and its allies counter emerging threats and maintain an advantage on the battlefield.

Lockheed Martin noted that technologies developed at the Strigo Product Center informed aspects of the development of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2 seeker package. 

Lockheed Martin stated that thus far, it has committed $250 million to the Strigo Product Center to fund innovation and development.

Kubicek described the establishment of the center as an investment intended to “reshape the way we develop and deliver next-generation, mission-ready capabilities, ensuring our warfighters have the solutions they need the moment threats evolve.”

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