Benzinga | Jan 5, 2022 09:09AM EST

Amazon Collaborates With Lockheed Martin, Cisco

* Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) partnered to integrate unique human-machine interface technologies into NASA's Orion spacecraft. It would provide an opportunity to learn how future astronauts could benefit from far-field voice technology, AI, and tablet-based video collaboration.

* The Callisto technology demonstration will be integrated into NASA's Orion spacecraft for the agency's Artemis I uncrewed mission around the Moon and back to Earth.

* Callisto uses Amazon Alexa and Webex by Cisco to test and demonstrate commercial technology for deep space voice, video, and whiteboarding communications.

* Lockheed Martin, which designed and built the Orion spacecraft for NASA, is leading the development and integration of the payload.

* "Callisto will demonstrate a first-of-its-kind technology that could be used in the future to enable astronauts to be more self-reliant as they explore deep space," said Lisa Callahan, VP of Commercial Civil Space for Lockheed Martin.

* Price Action: LMT shares traded lower by 0.27% at $361 in the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.