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BAE SYSTEMS selected to provide Avionics support for Lockheed Martin joint strike fighter

12 Apr 2002

BAE Systems has been chosen by Lockheed Martin to provide assistance in the support of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. A team will bring their expertise in support of avionics to assist Lockheed Martin's Autonomic Logistics Integrated Project Team, during the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the JSF programme

The team, from BAE Systems Customer Support Services in Edinburgh and BAE Systems Applied Technologies, Rockville (Maryland), will carry out the work in Edinburgh (UK), Fort Worth (Texas), and at various flight test sites in the USA.

Managing Director of Customer Support Services, Joe Parker, said: "We are proud to be selected by Lockheed Martin for this leading-edge benchmark programme, which is key for future support solutions and technologies. The programme will shape the future of global support systems for military air vehicles, and there is an opportunity to apply JSF Autonomic and Logistics concepts, as they are developed, to improve support services for legacy platforms."

With extensive experience in the logistic support of Tornado, Eurofighter, Harrier, F/A-18 jets and Sea Stallion helicopters, BAE Systems has been selected for this work in addition to the teaming agreement already in place between the company and Lockheed Martin.

Customer Support Services Business Development Group Manager Gordon Hewit said, "Being chosen by Lockheed Martin demonstrates that BAE Systems is retaining its lead in avionics support technology. We are constantly striving to meet the challenge of providing innovative support solutions. Our selection in what is currently the world's largest defence programme is a great boost to our Avionics Support Team".
Notes to editors:

Autonomic Logistics is a support system in which actions are taken by the support information technology system, without human intervention. For example, if an aircraft in flight develops a fault in an avionics module, the IT system will detect the fault, find the nearest source of a spare, order it and have it delivered to the aircraft's base while alerting automatically the repair facility that the spare is on its way. Using autonomic support an aircraft can be ready for its next mission more quickly than is currently possible using conventional support techniques.