LOCKHEED MARTIN UK TEAM SHORT-LISTED FOR DEFENCE INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME
26 June 2003
London, United
Kingdom, June 26, 2003 –The
Ministry of Defence today
announced that it has selected
the Lockheed Martin UK
consortium as one of four
contenders for its Defence
Information Infrastructure (DII)
programme. Lockheed Martin UK
and the other short-listed teams
will submit formal tenders in
September for the potential
10-year, £4B programme.
The DII Delivery Partner
Contract will call for the
provision of IT services and
support. Ultimately, DII will
provide a fully integrated and
networked IT capability to the
fingertips of our Armed Forces.
It is a major integration
project involving over 300,000
users, hundreds of applications
and more than 150,000 access
devices at over 2000 locations
around the world. DII is part of
the MOD’s vision for the
effective sharing of information
and for collaborative working
across defence.
Mike Hardgrave, Lockheed
Martin UK’s DII capture
executive, said, “We are
delighted with our selection by
the MOD
as a potential delivery
partner for DII. Our vision is
to create a fast, secure and
flexible infrastructure so that
everyone in the armed services
can have total access to the
information they need to do
their job. Our proven experience
in delivering complex, large
scale IT defence programmes,
blended with the core
capabilities of our partners,
means we are well positioned to
work in partnership with the MOD
to create a best value for
money, agile solution for DII.”
To accomplish this task,
Lockheed Martin UK is leading a
team that includes Hewlett
Packard, Unisys, SAIC, Deloitte
Consulting and QinetiQ. These
companies bring a wealth of
capabilities and experience to
the DII project. This team will
work in partnership with the MOD
to create an agile and flexible
approach to DII that can adapt
to the rapid changes in
technology, whilst providing a
low-risk service delivery
solution.
Lockheed Martin, one of the
world’s largest government
systems integrators, will apply
its world-class large-scale
programme management, systems
integration and service delivery
management capabilities to DII.
Hewlett Packard’s service
management expertise will be of
significant benefit to the
consortium. “HP has amply
demonstrated its innovation,
efficiency and leadership in the
management of IT infrastructures
in complex environments,” said
Bryan Visser, Managing
Principal, HP Services EMEA “We
believe that our ability to
provide continuous high quality
user services in an environment
where there is significant
change will fully complement the
capabilities of our partners,
and we look forward to working
with the MOD
to deliver a
coherent and evolving DII
solution.”
Unisys will bring its proven
experience as a MOD
infrastructure provider. “Unisys
has a proven track record of
successful delivery for complex
Defence projects, such as
NavyNet.” said Stuart Bladen,
Partner, Defence, Unisys “Unisys
is committed to working with its
partners to deliver a dynamic
solution to the DII contract to
ensure successful delivery.”
Other team members will
provide critical MOD
relevant
domain expertise, change
management capabilities and
information security expertise.
Together, the Lockheed Martin UK
consortium offers an unrivalled
breath and depth of expertise
from across the globe in all
industry sectors.
Contact:
Chris Trippick +44(0)20 7798
2856 (mob) +44 (0)7905 356 646
or email:
chris.trippick@lmco.com
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Lockheed Martin Media Contact:
Chris Trippick
Landline: +44 (0)20 7798
Mobile: +44 (0)7905 356 646
Email: chris.trippick@lmco.com
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Mobile: +44 (0)75 0084 0694
Email: marc.holloran@lmco.com
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