Lockheed Martin Awarded Concept Development Contract for U.S. Air Force Space Fence

Lockheed Martin Awarded Concept Development Contract for U.S. Air Force Space
Fence

MOORESTOWN, N.J., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $30 million contract to begin concept
development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-Band radars and
supporting operations centers that will detect and report on objects and
debris orbiting the Earth. Lockheed Martin was one of three industry teams to
receive contracts.

The Air Force Materiel Command's Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air
Force Base in Massachusetts leads the procurement for Space Fence, which is
intended to significantly enhance space situational awareness as legacy
systems in the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) are retired.

Under the contract, a Lockheed Martin-led industry team will perform
prototyping, design, trade studies and analysis of potential system
configurations, concluding with a system design review and final prototyping
demonstration. The contract also includes site and facility surveys, and
planning and development of net-centric approaches to integrate with the
existing architecture of the SSN. The remaining effort -- through preliminary
design review, system development, deployment and follow-on support -- will be
the subject of future competitive procurements. The new system's Initial
Operational Capability is scheduled for 2015.

The Lockheed Martin-led team, which includes General Dynamics, AT&T and AMEC,
has decades of collective experience in space-related programs including
sensors, mission-processing, cataloging, orbital mechanics, net-centric
communications and facilities. A leader in S-Band radar development and
production, with more than 100 operational systems deployed worldwide,
Lockheed Martin supports a range of critical space command and control
programs and contributes to national-level space-related intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance. General Dynamics is an industry-leading
developer and provider of mission processing systems and complex antennas and
radar structures for space surveillance. AT&T is a leading systems
engineering developer of orbital mechanics and astrodynamics for operational
space surveillance and space control. AMEC is highly experienced in domestic
and international design along with engineering services and construction for
the U.S. government.

"The ability to detect and to track smaller objects in space will
significantly improve mission support for U.S. Air Force space operations in
an increasingly complex domain," said Ms. Linda Haines, Space Fence Program
Manager for the Air Force Materiel Command.

"Space Fence will provide a fully-integrated, net-centric radar 'system of
systems' that will allow information to be shared on the Global Information
Grid with space operators across the community," noted Carl Bannar, vice
president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's radar business
headquartered in Syracuse, NY. "Lockheed Martin will build on our long and
established partnership with the Air Force to support operational commanders
in meeting the ever-increasing challenges of space situational awareness with
a capable, responsive and affordable enterprise solution."

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.

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Mark Wesel of Lockheed Martin, +1-315-456-1701, mark.wesel@lmco.com