James Droskoski (opens in a new tab)
Astris AI
Chief Revenue Officer
About Astris AI
AI with Expertise, Knowledge, and Credibility. Backed by Industry Leaders
Mission-Critical AI, Built for Defense, Now for the World
The best inventions are born out of necessity. Lockheed Martin, in its work with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), faced an immense challenge: meeting the strictest security, governance, and transparency requirements while delivering advanced AI capabilities. Nothing in the market met these extreme standards. AI needed to be mission-critical, defense-grade, and built for high-assurance environments.
To solve this, Lockheed Martin’s AI Center of Excellence (LAIC) developed the AI Factory—a secure, scalable, and modular AI platform designed to deliver state-of-the-art AI solutions with full traceability, governance, and security. This isn’t experimental or theoretical AI—this is AI that has been tested and proven in the highest-stakes, most mission-critical environments.
As the global AI landscape has rapidly evolved into an AI arms race, Lockheed Martin recognized that these capabilities shouldn’t be confined to defense alone. The decision was made to commercialize the AI Factory—bringing its unique, defense-grade AI solutions to both regulated industries and the broader U.S. government.
Today, Astris AI is the result of that vision. This is not new—this is tried, tested, and proven AI that has already met the toughest operational and security demands. Our AI Factory transforms the chaos of AI adoption into real, secure, and scalable value—empowering enterprises to deploy mission-critical AI with the highest level of security, compliance, and operational integrity.
Built for defense. Proven in action. Now available to all. This is AI you can trust.
The People Behind the Platform
Astris AI is built by engineers, scientists, and strategists who believe AI should be accountable, explainable, and trusted in the real world.
Board of DireCtors
Mike Baylor
Lockheed Martin
Vice President & Chief Digital and AI Officer
Johnathon Caldwell
Lockheed Martin Space
Vice President & General Manager, Strategic & Missile Defense Systems
Greg Forrest
Lockheed Martin
Vice President, AI Foundations & Commercialization
Marcel Lettre II
Lockheed Martin Government Affairs
Vice President, National Security Space
Kristen Pugliese
Lockheed Martin
Vice President of Accounting
Justin Taylor
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Vice President, Skunk Works® Dynamic Targeting and Surveillance Systems
Strategic Advisors
J. Christopher Moran
Lockheed Martin
Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin Ventures
Jennifer Warren
Lockheed Martin
Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy
Dan Folliard
Astris AI
DoD Strategic Advisor
Dr. Mark Maybury
Lockheed Martin
Vice President, Commercialization
Astris AI: Bringing Lockheed Martin’s Trusted Innovation to New Industries
When you think of Lockheed Martin, images of advanced fighter jets and helicopters, space exploration systems, and precision missiles probably come to mind. But behind the scenes, the company has also been building one of the most powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms in the defense industry.