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Lockheed Martin Team Awarded $766M AMF JTRS Contract to Provide Tactical Communications and Networking Solutions
Friday, March 28, 2008
System Capabilities to Provide Networked Communications for On-The-Move Tactical Platforms for Joint Forces, Aircraft, Maritime and Fixed-Sites
CHANTILLY, Va., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has been selected by the Joint Tactical
Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office to provide the tactical
communications and networking solutions for the Air Force, Army, Navy and
other users. The Lockheed Martin Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Stations (AMF)
JTRS team will design, develop, integrate, test and deliver advanced,
reliable, tactical networked communications solutions providing joint
interoperability with secure information flow. AMF JTRS is an essential
element in the Tactical Global Information Grid strategy to provide secure
data, voice, and video to the right people, in the right place, at the right
time. The initial System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract value is
$766 million.
"Lockheed Martin is honored and excited to provide affordable, open,
network-enabled, communications out to the tactical edge," said John Mengucci,
president of Mission & Combat Support Solutions for Lockheed Martin's
Information Systems & Global Services. "AMF JTRS extends net-centric warfare
beyond the command center so this system is crucial to support information
sharing and combat readiness, a must for today's warfighters."
AMF JTRS will network enable and provide interoperable communications for
more than 160 platform types including fixed and rotary wing aircraft,
submarines and surface ships, and fixed stations world-wide. The Lockheed
Martin team's successful Network Centric Operations Live Flight Demonstration
at the end of the Pre-SDD Phase of the Program showed a glimpse of the future
with improved situational awareness, tactical voice, video and data
interoperability, and communications automation.
The Lockheed Martin AMF JTRS team includes BAE Systems, General Dynamics,
Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon. Work will be conducted at locations in
Scottsdale, Ariz.; San Diego, Calif.; Tampa, Fla.; Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Gaithersburg, Md.; St. Paul, Minn.; Wayne, N.J.; Charleston, S.C.; and
Chantilly and Reston, Va.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology
systems, products, and services. The corporation reported 2006 sales of $39.6
billion.
For additional information, visit our website:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com
SOURCE Lockheed Martin
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