Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation Sign Agreement to Develop Innovative Full-Motion...

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Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation Sign Agreement to Develop Innovative
Full-Motion Video Intelligence Tools

Companies to Collaborate on Advanced Technologies for Video Management and
Analysis

HERNDON, Va. and DENVER, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)
and Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) have signed a collaboration agreement to
develop next-generation technologies for managing and analyzing full-motion
video intelligence. The two companies will use their collective expertise and
resources to create new video analysis solutions for defense, intelligence and
commercial customers.

"Full-motion video has exceptional potential for intelligence collection and
analysis," said Jim Kohlhaas, Lockheed Martin's vice president of Spatial
Solutions. "Thousands of platforms are collecting important video intelligence
every day. The challenge is to collect and catalogue that huge volume of
footage, and give analysts the tools they need to find, interpret and share
the critical intelligence that can be gleaned from that mountain of data.
We're very pleased to be working with Harris on this important initiative."

"Harris is one of the world's leading manufacturers and developers of
commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software for the broadcast industry,"
said Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast Communications. "With
decades of experience providing world-class solutions that continuously exceed
the exacting demands of broadcasters worldwide, Harris is uniquely qualified
to apply broadcast technology to the challenges facing the defense and
intelligence markets.  Leveraging Harris's commercial broadcast technologies
and expertise with Lockheed Martin's strong base of government customers
provides an excellent basis to understand and solve video analysis problems." 

Lockheed Martin and Harris will pursue full-motion video technology
opportunities in the U.S. and international defense and intelligence markets. 
The companies will also embark on joint research and development into new
video technologies, focusing on automation and advanced applications for
performing in-depth analysis, both in real-time and on archival footage. The
companies will also work on new solutions for cataloguing, storing and
securely sharing video intelligence across organizational and geographic
boundaries to include bandwidth constrained users.

Both companies have extensive experience in video exploitation and management.
In 2007 Harris released its Full-Motion Video Asset Management Engine, or
FAME(TM), which integrates video, chat, and audio directly into the video
stream.  It also integrates a powerful processing and storage engine into a
single digital architecture that provides the infrastructure for changing the
way video is ingested and streamed to the user community. Lockheed Martin
recently debuted Audacity(TM), a video analytics engine that tags, sorts and
catalogues digital footage. Audacity includes integrated intelligence tools
such as video mosaic creation, facial recognition, object tracking and smart
auto-alerts based around geospatial areas of interest. 

Harris is an international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries.
Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of $5.4
billion and 16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and
scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured
communications(R); products, systems, and services. Additional information
about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.

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.

SOURCE  Lockheed Martin

Matt Kramer of Lockheed Martin, +1-703-466-2794, matthew.s.kramer@lmco.com, or
Susan Sheppard of Harris, +1-585-624-7969, sshepp03@harris.com
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