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Lockheed Martin to Maintain Pentagon Electronic Messaging Systems

By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Lockheed Martin (News - Alert) has won a $5.8 million, 2-year contract to operate and maintain the message routing infrastructure for the Pentagon's command messaging systems. The agreement supports the Pentagon Telecommunications Center, an organization of the Army Information Technology Agency.

 

The Pentagon Telecommunications Center provides Defense Messaging System (DMS) services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and DMS is the official record traffic system mandated for use throughout the DoD. This contract was awarded via the NETCENTS contract vehicle and under this agreement Lockheed Martin will support the Center's official and unofficial message (e-mail) traffic.

 

Gerry Fasano, vice president of C4ISR Solutions for Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Services - Mission & Combat Support Solutions, stated that the Pentagon Telecommunications Center's mission is critical. He noted that any disruption of service to the decision makers in the Pentagon has the potential to impact mission operations worldwide.

 

Lockheed Martin has been supporting the center for more than 10 years and Fasano said that they are proud to continue helping them plan for the future. The company will provide messaging services at the Unclassified, Secret and Top Secret levels, as well as provide virus and spam protection. Moreover, their team will also provide directory, security and configuration management support.

 

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security company and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

 

The company was in news recently for acquiring the government business unit of Nantero, a privately-held, Massachusetts-based company that has developed methods and processes for incorporating carbon nanotubes in next-generation electronic devices.

 

Lockheed Martin also signed an exclusive license arrangement with Nantero for government applications of Nantero's extensive intellectual property portfolio.

 

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Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anuradha’s article, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Michelle Robart