Lockheed Martin To Join CyberSpark Initiative

December 21, 2014 | Lockheed Martin, the American aerospace, defense and security company that recently opened a subsidiary in Tel Aviv, will join several companies to form an Israeli-based cyber research organization. Lockheed will team up with EMC, Jerusalem Venture Partners and BGN Technologies to form the CyberSpark Industry Initiative, or “a nonprofit organization established to enhance government-private sector collaboration in Israel and the wider international technology community through its cyber center, based at the Advanced Technologies Park, Be’er Sheva,” according to Lockheed. The nonprofit, CyberSpark, will work with the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli government agencies and universities. The company hopes to capitalize on the surge of cyber security companies moving into the southern city of Be’er Sheva to improve their cyber security edge.