News Release

Lockheed Martin Inks Three Memorandums of Understanding with Indian Start-Ups

The MOUs pave way for start-ups to gain entry to Lockheed Martin’s supply chain, and
contribute to evolution of both Indian and global aerospace and defence industry

L-R: Megan Rein, Lockheed Martin Industrial Participation; Phil Shaw, Lockheed Martin India Chief Executive; Aronin P., Sastra
Robotics; Vivek Lall, Vice-President Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; Prakash Sesha, Lockheed Martin Fellow, Corporate Engineering,
Technolpogy and Operations.

New Delhi, India, July 19, 2019 – Lockheed Martin today announces the establishment of
Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with three Indian Start-ups. The MOUs pave the way for
Terero Mobility, Sastra Robotics, and NoPo Nanotechnologies, graduates of the India Innovation
Growth Programme (IIGP), to integrate with Lockheed Martin’s supply chain, and contribute to
the evolution of both the Indian and global aerospace & defence industry.

According to Vivek Lall, Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Lockheed
Martin Aeronautics, “The agreements entered into today attest to the commitment of Lockheed
Martin to cultivate and integrate indigenous content into global systems and platforms. Through
these agreements, we look to provide engineering support, mentoring, and assistance in the
qualification of some of the technologies proposed, all of which contribute to our mission of making
in India.”

Said Phil Shaw, Chief Executive of Lockheed Martin in India, “We are delighted to have identified,
through the IIGP, three inspiring start-ups that we perceive potential to collaborate with on a global
scale. We envision our intended partnership with them to enhance the platforms and programs
we’re developing, especially the solutions we wish to offer India.”
Details of the three MOUs are as follows:

Lockheed Martin expects to provide Terero Mobility with a scope of work for design
development, test and qualification of the Cargo Ground Buildup System (CGBS) for Fixed and
Rotary wing aircraft. A product originally developed through a Lockheed Martin sponsored
University R&D project at IIT Madras, this vehicle will enable the handling of cargo delivered by
transport aircraft at austere locations. Lockheed Martin will provide system engineering support
and mentoring to Terero Mobility to enable them to develop and deliver a vehicle that is capable
of transport by C-130 and similar platforms.

Lockheed Martin expects to provide NoPo Nanotechnologies with a Scope of Work for
qualification of As-Produced, Purified and Metallic Sorted HiPCO® Carbon Nanotubes to provide
electromagnetic interference and lightning protection. Successful qualification of NoPo HiPCOTM
Carbon Nanotubes based composite would enable the company to be a supplier to Lockheed
Martin and other Tier-1 OEMs.

Lockheed Martin expects to provide Sastra Robotics with a scope of work for qualification of
robots produced by the company for Avionics testing. Successful qualification would enable
Sastra Robotics to be a supplier to Lockheed Martin and other Tier-1 OEMs. These products can
help in the testing of avionics display of tactical fighter platforms including the F-21.

Present in India for around three decades, Lockheed Martin is committed to bring additional
capability to Indian industry, and fully supports the national “Make in India”, “Skills India”, “Startup
India” and “Swachh Bharat” missions. Through our efforts and investments in significant ventures
in the last ten years alone, we have and continue to contribute to: the up-skilling and employment
of thousands of people; manufacture of major structures and components for the C-130J Super
Hercules transport aircraft and S-92® multi-role helicopter which are in service globally; multi-
million dollar exports from our facilities in Hyderabad; and integration of India into Lockheed
Martin’s global aerospace supply chain. Our co-founding of the India Innovation Growth Program
(IIGP) further underscores our belief in Indian talent, industry, and progress.

For more information please visit: www.lockheedmartin.com/india

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About Lockheed Martin:

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that employs approximately 105,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services. For more information, please
visit: www.lockheedmartin.com/india Social media: Twitter: @LMIndiaNews @LockheedMartin
@Sikorsky

About NoPo Nanotechnologies

NoPo is a Bangalore based startup working towards a vision of enabling humanity to be a
spacefaring species. The company is engaged in research, manufacture of the acclaimed
HiPCO® Carbon Nanotubes and CENCE™ multi functional materials. NoPo provides custom
engineering solutions to improve safety, reliability and performance of materials using Carbon
Nanotubes. For more information, please visit: www.nopo.in
About Sastra Robotics
Sastra Robotics India Pvt Ltd is a 5-year-old robotics startup based in Cochin Kerala. The core
focus is on manufacturing Intelligent robotic Platforms for industrial product testing automation.
Since 2015 onwards, Robert BOSCH, Honeywell, HCL, Audiences, Knowles,etc are using our
robots for HMI testing automation of real physical devices. For more information, please visit:
http://www.sastrarobotics.com/

About Terero Mobility

Founded by IIT Madras alumni, Terero Mobility is a spin-off from a Lockheed Martin-sponsored
R&D project at IIT Madras. The founding team of Terero was the mind behind the Cargo Ground
Buildup System (CGBS), a novel, air-transportable unmanned vehicle for supporting cargo
handling operations of Hercules C-130 at austere locations. At Terero Mobility, we are taking the
development of CGBS forward with focus on solutions for supply & logistics operations of armed
forces in austere environment. Social Media: @tereromobility

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