Lockheed Martin Awarded Support Contract for United Kingdom's Fleet Ballistic Missile Program.Business Editors/Aerospace & Defense Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2001 Lockheed Martin Space Systems Lockheed Martin Space Systems is one of the 4 major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. From a rich history of major companies Lockheed Martin has brought them together to offer design, integration, and production of: The contract calls upon Space Systems to provide the British Royal Navy with general support for UK TRIDENT II program management and planning, and technical support for UK reentry reentry n. taking back possession and going into real property which one owns, particularly when a tenant has failed to pay rent or has abandoned the property, or possession has been restored to the owner by judgment in an unlawful detainer lawsuit. systems, missile systems and support systems and integration, production and operations, and flight testing. Additionally, Space Systems will provide the British Royal Navy with spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. to support delivered support equipment, reentry body and missile body assembly components. Work on the contract will begin April 1, 2001 and will be completed by March 31, 2002. Contract work will be performed at Space Systems facilities located in Sunnyvale, CA., Kings Bay, GA, Cape Canaveral, FL and Coulport, Scotland. "Since 1968, Lockheed Martin Space Systems has provided support to the UK Royal Navy under the terms of the US-UK Polaris Sales Agreement The Polaris Sales Agreement was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom which formally arranged for the Polaris missile system to be provided to the UK to maintain its independent nuclear deterrent. ," said Doug Banks, Manager, UK Programs. "We are very pleased to be continuing our international partnership with the British Royal Navy for another year, and look forward to providing many more years of superior support to the UK." The United Kingdom and the United States governments signed the Polaris Sales Agreement (PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. ) in April 1963. It began nearly three decades of reliance by the UK on the Lockheed Martin built POLARIS A3 submarine launched ballistic missile system for its strategic deterrence mission. In 1982, the PSA was modified at the request of the British government to provide for the sale of the TRIDENT II D5 ballistic missile system, associated equipment and related system support. The U.K. began replacing the POLARIS A3 system in the mid-1990's with the TRIDENT II D5 missile system. The UK strategic deterrent consists of four British-built Vanguard-class TRIDENT ballistic missile submarines. Each submarine carries 16 TRIDENT II D5 missiles. The first TRIDENT submarine, the HMS Vanguard, deployed on her maiden operational patrol in December 1994. The fourth and final UK strategic missile submarine, HMS Vengeance, deployed in February 2001. The UK TRIDENT force operates from the submarine base at Faslane on the Firth of Clyde Noun 1. Firth of Clyde - a firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great in Scotland, with an associate Armament Depot at nearby Coulport. Space Systems' SMP has more than 40-years of experience in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, test and support of strategic missile systems for the U.S. Navy and UK Royal Navy. Lockheed Martin Space Systems-Missiles & Space Operations, Sunnyvale, CA, is an operating division within Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, CO. The division is a world leader in the design, production and integration of systems for space-based telecommunications, defensive and strategic missiles, remote sensing and space science. Its diversified business base ranges from the U.S. government to global commercial customers through its operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon , Commercial Space Systems. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LMT LMT left mentotransverse (position of fetus). ) is a global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced-technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's core businesses are systems integration, space, aeronautics, and technology services. Employing more than 140,000 people worldwide, Lockheed Martin had 2000 sales surpassing $25 billion. |
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