Lockheed Martin Divisions win NDIA Engineering
Awards.
Lockheed Martin won two of five awards given annually by the
Defense Department and the National Defense Industrial Association for
excellence in systems engineering. Lockheed Martin Systems Integration,
Owego, N.Y., and Lockheed Martin Mission and Combat Support Solutions,
Valley Forge, Pa., each received the NDIA's Top 5 DoD Program Award
for 2006, which were presented at the 10th Annual Systems Engineering
Conference in San Diego. The U.S Air Force was the co-recipient for both
programs.
Owego received its award for the A-10 Precision Engagement program.
The team modified the close-air-support fighter jet from an analog to a
digital aircraft with precision weapons capability.
Mission and Combat Support Solutions won for the Mission Control
Segment of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency program, a new
constellation of military communications satellites that will provide 10
times the capability of the existing Milstar system.
Other winners were: the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data
System developed by Raytheon and the Army; the DDG 1000 Mk57 Vertical
Landing System given to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and the
Navy; and the Portable Excalibur Fire Control System awarded to the Army
and its Armament Research and Development Center.
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