Lockheed Martin has announced a strategic partnership with Google Public Sector to integrate Google’s latest generative AI technologies, including its Gemini models, into the Lockheed Martin AI Factory. The initiative will deploy Google’s advanced AI solutions within Lockheed Martin’s secure, on-premises, air-gapped infrastructure—ensuring the benefits of AI innovation are fully aligned with stringent national security and mission assurance standards.

This collaboration aims to empower Lockheed Martin personnel with next-generation, data-driven capabilities while maintaining uncompromising security. By embedding Google’s AI into its AI Factory ecosystem, Lockheed Martin will enable teams to leverage powerful generative and multimodal models to enhance productivity, accelerate analysis, and improve operational outcomes across its core missions.

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The partnership is expected to drive innovation across several domains, including aerospace, defense, space systems, and cybersecurity, through capabilities such as:

  • Accelerated data processing: Utilizing AI to rapidly analyze multimodal datasets, detect anomalies, and uncover critical insights in minutes instead of days.
  • Enhanced R&D: Streamlining the development of new materials, designs, and software to shorten innovation cycles.
  • Optimized logistics: Improving resource management and supply chain operations through intelligent planning and route optimization.

“Collaborating with Google Public Sector to bring Gemini on-premises underscores our commitment to delivering secure, cutting-edge AI capabilities that directly support mission-critical programs,” said Greg Forrest, Vice President of AI Foundations and Commercialization at Lockheed Martin. “This initiative equips our engineers with powerful tools—safely and at scale—to accelerate innovation in support of our business and national defense priorities.”

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The first phase of the partnership will see Google’s generative AI integrated into Lockheed Martin’s unclassified on-premise environment, leveraging Google Distributed Cloud to give employees secure access to Gemini-powered AI capabilities.

Jim Kelly, Vice President of Federal at Google Public Sector, emphasized the significance of the collaboration: “Our work with Lockheed Martin reflects a shared commitment to delivering generative AI that meets the unique needs of public sector organizations. We’re proud to take another step forward in deploying industry-leading AI solutions that uphold the highest levels of security, compliance, and data governance.”

By combining Lockheed Martin’s defense expertise with Google’s advancements in generative AI, the two companies aim to redefine how secure, on-premises AI technologies can be used to advance national security and mission readiness in the digital age.

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