CU Boulder and Lockheed Martin extend research agreement

BOULDER — Lockheed Martin and the University of Colorado Boulder are expanding their research collaboration with a master research agreement.

The partnership builds on a $3 million program announced in 2016 to establish academics focused on radio frequency systems.

The new agreement provides a framework for future research projects and academic programs aimed at creating the technologies, industries and workforce of tomorrow. It was signed by Lockheed Martin chief technology officer Keoki Jackson and CU Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano, according to a news release.

Four new research projects totaling $675,000 have already been identified and are planned for September. They will be awarded using the new master research agreement and will support graduate students working in collaboration with faculty advisers and Lockheed Martin sponsors. The projects cover technology in advanced electronics, signals processing and communications and sensors technology. The four projects focus on:

• Improving spacecraft, aircraft and ship power systems by developing new techniques to improve broadband and linear radio frequency.
• Increasing mission capability by efficiently converting infrared radiation to power to recharge unmanned aerial vehicle batteries remotely.
• Increasing capability of satellites while reducing weight.
• Improving power management for commercial and national security applications, by developing new architecture and control techniques to cut the losses and reduce the size of power management in commercial and defense applications.

Lockheed Martin will also directly benefit faculty in the form of a Lockheed Martin Corporation Endowed Chair of Radio Frequency Engineering and a Lockheed Martin Junior Faculty Fellowship in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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