Miles Jamison 
Lockheed Martin and Microsoft have partnered to develop Sanctum, a counter-unmanned aerial system platform.
Lockheed said Wednesday the program combines its defense expertise with Microsoft’s cloud and artificial intelligence technologies to help safeguard military sites, public venues and critical infrastructure.
“Collaborating with Microsoft brings the best of defense and digital innovation to help our customers respond to emerging threats faster than ever before. Together, we fuse world-class defense know-how with industry-leading cloud and AI technologies, giving our customers a decisive edge against evolving drone threats,” said Paul Lemmo, vice president and general manager at Lockheed Martin.
What Is Sanctum?
Sanctum is a C‑UAS platform designed as an integrated, multi-domain defense ecosystem with a modular architecture that enables rapid innovation, sensor‑effector integration and AI‑powered updates at the edge. Built on Microsoft Azure, including IoT Hub, Synapse and AI Foundry, the platform supports multi-sensor tracking and real-time detection, analysis and response to safeguard military forces, infrastructure and public venues from aerial threats. It features an interface with real-time maps, AI-powered threat classification and advanced filtering.
How Have Lockheed Martin & Microsoft Partnered Before?
In November 2022, Lockheed Martin and Microsoft partnered to develop new capabilities in classified cloud, AI, machine learning, modeling and simulation, 5G.MIL and digital transformation to support national security missions.
