ORLANDO, Fla., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) was awarded an initial 10-year contract valued at more than $100 million by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to provide its Army with warehousing and repair services. The contract allows for syndication with other New Zealand agencies, including New Zealand Police, for which Lockheed Martin could also assume warehousing and facilities maintenance work.

By CALMAN, Matt THREE Japanese naval vessels have come to Wellington to strengthen diplomatic and trade relations between the two countries. The ships -- a training squadron -- and their 800 crew are in Wellington till Wednesday, as part of a three- month tour of the South Pacific.

By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom THE New Zealand Defence Force could be using a Kiwi-owned, Russian-built satellite part-owned by the Accident Compensation Corporation to keep in touch with troops deployed overseas by 2010.

Stratos Global Corp., of Bethesda, an international telecommunication services provider, was awarded a three-year contract, valued at $1.1 million, by the New Zealand Defence Force to supply its Enhanced Leasing Service for global, leased satellite bandwidth, to enable advanced data and voice commun

BETHESDA, MD, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stratos Global Corp.