Overview
- The 17,000-square-foot System Integration Lab brings together high-fidelity simulation environments, advanced test equipment and system-level integration spaces.
- Lockheed says the facility will shorten development cycles for U.S. Army needs and focus on verification and readiness rather than production.
- The lab is part of a capital program totaling roughly $529 million with 719,000 square feet of facilities under construction or planned, and the Huntsville site is reported at $17.1 million.
- The company serves as systems integrator for the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon and supports the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike program.
- Hypersonic weapons exceed Mach 5 and challenge traditional defenses, and industry efforts include Castelion’s October announcement of Army integration contracts for its Blackbeard strike weapon.