Lockheed Martin awarded $450 million dual contract for Reconnaissance and Intelligence Ground Systems.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 1996--Lockheed Martin Western Development Laboratories (WDL), a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass for the Reconnaissance/Intelligence Ground Systems (R/IGS) Products and Services (RPS). The program has a total value of $450 million and a five-year period of performance. The RPS Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement) ) contract is the vehicle under which the Air Force will procure a new generation of reconnaissance and intelligence ground stations that use commercial information technology and will be compliant with open systems architecture standards. These standards, developed by the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, are known as Common Imagery Ground/Surface Systems (CIG/SS). The new generation of systems will allow the DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. to deploy new systems more quickly, while achieving greater interoperability between intelligence assets at less cost. The first systems to be developed and fielded under this new contract include the USMC Tactical Exploitation Group and the USN Tactical Input Segment. Potential future ground stations, identified by the government, include the Squadron Ground Stations and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. Ground Stations. The Lockheed Martin team, lead by Western Development Laboratories, also includes Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Gaithersburg, Md.; and Science Application International Corporation, McLean, Va. Also supporting the team are Lockheed Information Systems, Orlando, Fla.; Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems, King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa.; Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems, Litchfield Park, Az; Motorola, Scottsdale, Az.; Analytical Systems Engineering Corporation, Burlington, Mass.; Autometric, Alexandria, Va.; and Arrowhead Space and Telecommunications, Fairfax, Va. Raytheon E-Systems was named as the other RPS contractor. Under the RPS program, the team will develop and provide products and services required to design, prototype, test and field CIG/SS compliant imagery ground systems. These systems provide strategic and tactical commanders with battlefield, theater and strategic reconnaissance information. Also included will be imagery ground subsystems, communications and data links, commercial equipment upgrades, systems integration and installation, and logistics support. Lockheed Martin Western Development Laboratories is an industry leader in reconnaissance and intelligence processing, exploitation, and multi-level security and data storage technologies. Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT LMT left mentotransverse (position of fetus). :NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange ), headquartered in Bethesda, Md., is a highly diversified advanced technology company with annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales of approximately $30 billion and more than 190,000 employees worldwide. CONTACT: Lockheed Martin Corp. Joanne Hvala, 212/697-1111 |
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