NY transportation agency upgrades security network.The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Metropolitan Transportation Authority selected Lockheed Martin as the prime contractor to upgrade its electronic security operations infrastructure. The authority oversees the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Transit System, Long Island Railroad, Metro North Railroad and MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bridges and tunnels. The company will be responsible for the development and deployment of a critical infrastructure protection Department of Defense (DOD) program to identify and protect assets critical to the Defense Transportation System. Loss of a critical asset would result in failure to support the mission of a combatant commander. system that integrates command, communications and control capabilities across MTA facilities. The three-year contract is valued at $212 million. It includes maintenance options that could extend the program through September 2013. Lockheed will lead a team of contractors that includes Arinc Incorporated, Slattery Skanska USA Civil Inc., Systra Engineering, Intergraph Corporation, Cubic Corporation and Lend Systems International Inc. |
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