Lockheed Martin has demonstrated analytics-driven maintenance capabilities that are compatible with the Department of Defense’s 5G flight-line ecosystem. Pictured above, maintainers perform repairs on a UH-60 Black Hawk at Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii. (Photo: U.S. Army/Sgt. Sarah D. Sangster) Data needed for analytics-driven aircraft maintenance can be rapidly and securely delivered to military personnel via 5G technology, leading to increased aircraft availability and lower maintenance costs, according to a Lockheed Martin executive involved in a recent proof-of-concept demonstration. Following on a 2022 demonstration in which Lockheed Martin successfully transferred aircraft health and usage data from a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter through an AT&T 5G private cellular netw...