Products and Services
Our innovation is always at work, including developing products and services that allow our customers to perform their jobs with improved safety and efficiency. We also integrate safety and health considerations into product and process designs, allowing us to minimize risks associated with production, maintenance and product use phases.
MagneLink™
In June 2011, the U.S. government approved MagneLink™ Magnetic Communication System (MCS), a new wireless communication system we developed that enables trapped miners and rescue workers to communicate during a disaster.
MagneLink™ MCS uses magnetic waves to transmit signals through layers of solid earth.
Through this system, miners and rescue personnel can send and receive digital voice or text messages. Trapped miners can also activate an automatic beacon signal to help rescuers pinpoint their locations.
The MagneLink™ Magnetic Communication System (MCS) is the first and only through-the-earth, two-way voice and text capable wireless communication system with U.S. government safety approval.
Collaborative Human Immersion Laboratory (CHIL)
Through the Collaborative Human Immersion Laboratory (CHIL), our engineers join forces and use a variety of technology applications to improve every stage of a program … from conceptualization to operations to sustainment. Take a look.
In Fort Worth, Texas, the CHIL is used to streamline tasks and design aircraft for sustainment. For example, inspection of an aircraft fuel receptacle requires the maintainer to use a platform or climb on top of the aircraft. Using the CHIL, Lockheed Martin engineers can validate which type of support equipment is required to perform the inspection while ensuring proper fall protection is provided for the worker.
The MagneLink™ Magnetic Communication System (MCS) is the first and only through-the-earth, two-way voice and text capable wireless communication system with U.S. government safety approval.
Through the Collaborative Human Immersion Laboratory (CHIL), engineers can…
- Optimize processes virtually before releasing them to manufacturing
- Identify bottlenecks, collisions, and worker safety and health issues before they occur
- Improve resource utilization and material flow
- Reduce worker exposure to hazardous chemicals and environments
- Improve production
- Reduce work and mitigate program risks
