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Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate F-16 Four-Ship Training System at I/ITSEC

AKRON, OH, November 26th, 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Training will demonstrate a four-ship F-16 Training System at the Interservice/Industry Training Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Nov. 27 - 29, at Booth 652. F-16 pilots will fly multiple types of missions through a visual database that displays imagery at up to one-half meter resolution. "Integration of a high-fidelity F-16 cockpit with three role player stations will give conference attendees a hands-on opportunity to test basic elements of the distributed mission training (DMT) paradigm now taking shape at U.S. Air Force bases," said Rich Roop, director-simulation and training business development at Lockheed Martin in Akron. "Pilots will fly various four-ship missions or force-on-force missions to show the versatility of our system design and how we apply the DMT philosophy to training."

Three role-player stations with individual VisionStationâ visual systems join the new high-fidelity F-16 simulation device to make up a four-ship demonstration unit. The role-player stations have basic flight controls-stick and throttle-and communications connectivity with the support aircraft as a mission is configured.

After a mission is completed, pilots use the debrief station to review the mission from any point in time, from beginning to end. "The timeline feature lets pilots and instructors choose the exact points in a recorded mission that they want to evaluate. It allows specific lessons to be reinforced while the mission is still fresh in participants' minds," Roop said. "This quick replay from any point in the mission provides a responsive feature that enhances the overall effectiveness of the training system. This is one feature, among the many, that separates our training solution from others in the industry."

Conference attendees will also review a mission using the timeline. They will see it unfold from other positions, including a top-down view, stealth views from individual ownship, wingman or adversary positions, and in Air Combat Maneuvering Instrument style. Furthermore, digital recording of cockpit displays and audio will be played back in synchronization to operations conducted by other mission entities. With these tools, mission participants analyze the action of any player in the scenario, evaluate pilot performance in air-to-air or air-to-ground engagements, and assess the effectiveness of a complete mission package.

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Akron, Ohio, the prime contractor on the F-16 Mission Training Center program, has completed many of the program's major systems requirements tasks. The U.S. Air Force expects to receive delivery of a one-ship Mission Training System at Mountain Home Air Base, Idaho and of a four-ship Mission Training System at Shaw Air Base, S.C., in early 2002.

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems' solution to the F-16 Block 40/50 training problem delivers on U.S. Air Force requirements to immerse the warfighter into a realistic, integrated training environment. The F-16 Mission Training Center will support this complete training program from individual Initial Qualification Training through multi-combatant Campaign Level Expeditionary Forces in a high-level architecture compliant system for rapid access within the U.S. Air Force distributed mission training environment.

Lockheed Martin Training focuses the training capabilities of five existing companies under a common banner to better meet customer requirements, increase synergy and improve operating efficiency. The businesses in the venture are: Information Systems, Orlando, Florida; Missiles & Fire Control, Dallas, Texas; Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Radar Systems, Akron, Ohio; Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems, Manassas, Virginia; and Systems Support & Training Services, Seabrook, Maryland.

Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Radar Systems in Akron is one of five major lines of business comprising the Lockheed Martin NE&SS business segment. NE&SS provides surface ship and submarine weapon systems, antisubmarine warfare and ocean surveillance systems, missile launching systems, radar and sensor systems, ships systems integration services and other advanced systems and services to customers worldwide. NE&SS is a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Cary Dell, 330-796-8458, e-mail, cary.j.dell@lmco.com