Lockheed technology gets inaugural tryout

New Lockheed Martin Corp. technology developed in Cherry Hill for the military got a try-out last week by the U.S. Park Police during the presidential inauguration.

Lockheed Martin, which hopes the park service likes the technology enough to buy it, let roving officers use five personal digital assistants equipped with DisOPS View software and a "rugged" laptop to coordinate activities.

The software allows people to quickly share data, photos and mapping information.

For example, a police officer could tell coworkers about the location of a lost child and send a picture, Lockheed spokeswoman Samantha Acosta said. The program also allowed the park service to keep track of which entrances to the National Mall were open and to develop crowd estimates.

Acosta said she could not say how much the technology, which was developed by Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Laboratories in Cherry Hill, would cost.