US Navy awards Radiant Mercury support contract
The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin two contracts for continued support the Radiant Mercury cross domain solution for five years, the company announced on 25 February. The two contracts have a total ceiling value of $90 million.
Radiant Mercury allows secure sharing of sensitive data between classified and unclassified security domains. It guards classified data from unauthorised access and simultaneously allows authorised personnel to retrieve sensitive and critical information. It supports simultaneous data flows to hundreds of channels, interfaces with most major C4ISR systems, and supports most transport, network and data link protocols.
Rob Smith, vice president, C4ISR, information systems and global solutions, Lockheed Martin, said: 'Since developing Radiant Mercury in 1992, we have ensured it has met the operational needs of customers throughout the world. As we deploy the fourth generation of the system, we'll continue to advance it with the most robust capabilities available.'
The solution is currently used by the US and its allied partners at over 400 sites across the world. It is accredited to the highest levels of protection in the US for secure information sharing, and is also approved for top secret and secret interoperability by the unified cross domain services management office.
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