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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Lockheed Martin's Search For Commercial Opportunities Leads It To The Sea

Lockheed Martin's Search For Commercial Opportunities Leads It To The Sea

The future is turning out to be a lot brighter for America's biggest defense contractor than federal budget trends might suggest, and one surprising reason why is a raft of new commercial ventures at sea.  has found ways of adapting technologies developed for its military customers to answer some of humanity's most vexing needs -- for potable water, for clean energy, for affordable protein and for strategic minerals currently in short supply.  Lockheed executives believe the solutions to those challenges lie largely in the world's seas.http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2013/04/18/lockheed-martins-search-for-commercial-opportunities-leads-it-to-the-sea/

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