{"id":26139,"date":"2026-04-30T23:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/26139\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:45:23","slug":"uk-ministry-of-defence-and-lockheed-martin-skunk-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/26139\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works\u00ae.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLANDFORD, UK, April 30, 2026 \u2013\u00a0Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works and the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) completed an exercise, called Babel Fish, that expands on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.lockheedmartin.com\/2024-12-04-UK-Royal-Air-Force-and-Lockheed-Martin-Skunk-Works-R-Demonstrate-Advanced-Interoperability-with-Project-DEIMOS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Project DEIMOS<\/a>\u00a0by adding ground-effector integration with the British Army.<\/p>\n<p>What happened<\/p>\n<p>A synthetic environment simulated data share between an F-35 into the UK MOD\u2019s\u00a0NEXUS\u00a0Command and Control (C2) environment and was instantly routed to the British Army ground layer, which leveraged the targeting data from the F-35 to provide commander\u2019s options for closing kill chains at speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Babel Fish exercise was critical in proving that our ground effectors can directly utilise targeting data from the F\u201135. This capability magnifies the value provided by F\u201135 and enables us to leverage existing systems to deliver operational advantage today.\u201d \u2014 Wing Commander Phillip Harrild, Royal Air Force Military Strategic Headquarters Integrated Air and Missile Defence Directorate<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>Expands\u00a0the F-35 data transfer capability from air to sovereign C2 only to include ground effectors, exercising Multi-Domain Operations with allied, non-U.S. systems.<br \/>\nExtends\u00a0Project\u00a0DEIMOS\u2014which validated F-35 to NEXUS data share\u2014by adding the crucial\u00a0ground\u00a0link, a key step toward an integrated allied battlespace.<br \/>\nProves\u00a0the power of\u00a0Skunk Works open systems technologies architecture, enabling seamless, rapid integration of F-35 data with international partner C2 environments and land-based weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur open systems technology serves as the connective tissue that allows the F\u201135 to communicate with partner C2 networks and interface with ground assets. This ready\u2011now capability accelerates coalition Multi\u2011Domain Operations and reinforces our commitment to interoperability for allied sovereign systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OJ\u00a0Sanchez, vice president and general manager, Skunk Works<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, visit our website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/en-us\/capabilities\/multi-domain-operations.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/en-us\/capabilities\/multi-domain-operations.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin is a\u00a0global defense technology company driving innovation and advancing scientific discovery. Our all-domain mission solutions and 21st Century Security\u00ae\u00a0vision accelerate the delivery of transformative technologies to ensure those we serve always stay ahead of ready. More information at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lockheedmartin.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lockheedmartin.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLANDFORD, UK, April 30, 2026 \u2013\u00a0Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works and the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11656,11652,11658,11657,11649,9907,11648,11650,11653,11651,11654,5,3253,11655,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-26139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-advanced-military-technology","9":"tag-allied-data-sharing","10":"tag-babel-fish","11":"tag-f-35","12":"tag-f-35-interoperability","13":"tag-lockheed-martin","14":"tag-lockheed-martin-skunk-works","15":"tag-multi-domain-operations","16":"tag-open-systems-architecture","17":"tag-ready-now-capability","18":"tag-real-time-battlefield-integration","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-uk-ministry-of-defence","21":"tag-uk-us-defense-partnership","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116496323206980647","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}