Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) 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 more information, visit http://www.lockheedmartin.com or call
610/531-1393.
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