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Lockheed Martin awarded PM Battle Command task orders valued at $66m
The US Army's PM Battle Command recently awarded Lockheed Martin two task orders valued at $66 million for integration of technical development and Web service capabilities for a variety of systems and products.
"Our efforts with PM Battle Command are critical for today's troops and Combatant Commanders," said Cliff Spier, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions-Defense's vice president for C2 Solutions. "We're excited to apply our systems engineering expertise to support the Command's mission."
Under the Strategic Battle Command two-year initial task order, valued at $42.1 million, the Lockheed Martin team will provide software development and operational support efforts for the Global Command and Control System-Army and the Defense Readiness Reporting System-Army. Efforts to be performed include design, development, integration, test, as well as logistical, training, and field service support.
Under the Joint Convergence Product Development-Tactical Battle Command two-year initial task order with one option year (totaling three-years), valued at $24 million, the Lockheed Martin team will provide the only Joint and Coalition interoperability capability through Web applications, service-oriented architecture infrastructure, and software Web service technologies. The team's main focus is to provide uninterrupted engineering support to Tactical Battle Command.
Primary work for both task orders is performed at Aberdeen, Md., Springfield, Va., and Tinton Falls, N.J.
Source: Lockheed Martin
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