Lockheed Martin extends JVIC contract

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Nanosystems, a senior corporate affiliate at Missouri State University owned Jordan Valley Innovation Center since it opened in 2007, has signed a five-year lease, renewing its contract with the center through 2015.

"For Lockheed to renew for five years, it demonstrates their commitment to the partnership and their commitment to the university,” said Allen Kunkel, director of JVIC.

The contract renewal also provides Lockheed Martin with more space at JVIC - it now occupies 4,376 square feet at the 75,000-square-foot facility. Before renewing its lease, the company held about 3,800 to 4,000 square feet, Kunkel said.

While at JVIC, Lockheed Martin has developed NRAM, a trademarked computer memory that remembers where the user left off after shutting down a computer. Lockheed Martin collaborated with Missouri State University in the project, according to a news release.

A radiation-resistant version of NRAM was tested on the May 2009 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission, which successfully serviced the Hubble Space Telescope, the release said.

“We look forward to many more years of fruitful collaboration and innovation in this excellent environment provided by Missouri State University,” Mike Beck, director of Lockheed Martin Nanosystems, said in the release.[[In-content Ad]]