Lockheed Martin announces Henosis prototype for U.S. Air Force Unified Platform contract

The Cyber Solutions division of Lockheed Martin announced plans to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s Unified Platform contract by revealing details about the Henosis prototype, a joint integrated mission system, at the company’s Media Day.

The Henosis prototype would function as a command and control battle management visualization tool and aid in coordinating cyber operations including defensive and offensive operations, intelligence and reconnaissance.

“With the right weapon system in place via the Unified Platform, the Cyber Mission Force can rapidly and effectively exploit the convergence of cyber and electronic warfare – such as radio frequency, infrared and radar – to truly change the 21st century battlefield,” Deon Viergutz, vice president of Cyber Solutions within the Rotary and Mission Systems business area, said.

The platform is designed to incorporate and integrate cyber effects into multi-domain air, land, maritime and space operations. It would allow an operator from any specialty to develop their operational mission requirements and build a customizable application package for their specific mission.

“We completed an in-depth engineering analysis with our prototype and over the next year, we’ll combine our framework with the mission modules to demonstrate a capability to execute both defensive and offensive cyber missions,” Viergutz said. “Lockheed Martin’s multi-domain weapons system experience will translate into what we believe will be the most operationally effective Unified Platform solution.”