Lockheed Martin Wins New Contract on Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service Programme
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, June 10th, 2003 -- Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been awarded a further contract for the Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS). The new contract includes scope for Programme Management, Risk, Business Efficiency, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management Leadership and IT services. As a partner to BT, Lockheed Martin UK Ltd is part of the highly-regarded consortium working on the DFTS programme. The privately financed initiative, initially awarded in 1997 provides the UK Ministry of Defence with secure and survivable telecommunications for the future, enables efficient delivery of service and allows substantial cost savings whilst improving operational effectiveness. The programme amalgamates the existing private and secure communications currently used by the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and British Army. The DFTS programme has provided the MoD with the mechanisms to support the migration from the previous fixed communications networks to a single automated and integrated system. The resulting high speed, secure services, complete with computer-enhanced communication data services, is markedly more responsive to user demand and covers the whole of the UK mainland.
Mike Hardgrave, Managing Director of Lockheed Martin UK Mission Systems said, "We are delighted to be part of this very successful team delivering the DFTS programme. DFTS has provided Lockheed Martin with a further opportunity to demonstrate our core skills of programme management and systems integration on a very complex task".
Lockheed Martin UK, a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, is a leader in systems integration working on major programmes spanning the aerospace, defence, civil and commercial sectors with significant capabilities in the transport infrastructure market. In the UK, Lockheed Martin has annual sales in the range of £400-600 million working with more than 75 business partners. Lockheed Martin employs approximately 1,000 people at over 10 UK facilities including London, Havant, Southampton, Yeovil, Swindon, Hertford, Bristol and Cornwall.
Chris Trippick +44(0)20 7798 2856 (mob) +44 (0)7905 356 646
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Mark Douglas +44(0) 20 7798 2850 or +44(0)7879 444 081 mark.douglas@lmco.com
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