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Lockheed Martin to Provide Mission and Business Sustainment Services Support to Joint Forces Command

Posted on: Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 14:13 CDT

LAUREL, Md., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a new contract for mission and business sustainment services with the U.S. Joint Forces Command's (JFCOM) Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J9). The Corporation is one of two awardees for this Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract valued at $25 million for the first year. The contract's total potential value is $135 million over five years if all options are exercised.

Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will provide core mission and business sustainment services that will support the research and development, engineering and technical contractor activities of the Joint Concepts and Experimentation Directorate. Lockheed Martin's role may include ID/IQ task management, training, physical, information and operations security support, facilities management and administrative services, among other activities.

"Lockheed Martin is proud to be expanding our work with JFCOM," said Carey Smith, Vice President of Lockheed Martin Technical Services. "We're pleased JFCOM recognized both the high quality and cost-effectiveness of our solutions. It's an honor to contribute to programs that serve the needs of the warfighter."

JFCOM's Joint Concept Development and Experimentation has the responsibility for leading and coordinating joint concept development and experimentation (JCD&E) efforts of the services, the combatant commands (COCOM), and defense agencies.

Lockheed Martin provides logistics and sustainment services to military and government agencies worldwide, and has a global network of people, facilities, suppliers and partners supporting 24x7 operations.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 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 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.

For additional information, visit our website: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/

SOURCE Lockheed Martin

Source: PR Newswire

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