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Aaron Stone – Blog (Update, September 26, 2018) Lockheed Martin’s Innovation Lab As reported by Santana (2018) Lockheed Martin unveiled the opening of a new innovation lab located in Orlando, Florida. The purpose of the lab is in demonstrating technologies including 3D-printing, virtual and augmented reality (VR) headsets and a robotics. The 6,500-square-foot lab is located at the company’s Missiles and Fire Control campus and is meant to encourage its employees to experiment, along with being seen as a recruitment tool in a highly competitive battle for skilled workers (Santana, 2018) . Additionally, the lab includes a sensor, optics, and laser testing site and an animation lab that allows quick visualizations of concepts. Lockheed Martin anticipates that the new facility will help the company create new patents and win multimillion-dollar contracts (Santana, 2018) . Historically, Lockheed Martin has continued pushing the limits of three-dimensional/additive manu...
