LOCKHEED MARTIN UK INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

21 July 2000

Lockheed Martin has renamed its UK Government Systems Ltd business unit based in Portsmouth to Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems (LM UKIS). The change is effective immediately. Peter Schultz, President of Lockheed Martin UKIS, said "We have made this decision in order to directly align our company with our core capability of systems integration. Our customers think of our company as a systems integration business and it therefore it makes sense to reflect that in our title."

The newly named company will continue to be responsible for the extremely successful £2 billion Merlin programme as well as a multimillion Address Interpretation (AI) contract for The Post Office.

The company is under contract to supply the Royal Navy with 44 Merlin Weapons Systems. Lockheed Martin UKIS will continue to play a vital role on the Royal Navy Tomahawk Integration programme and is one of four companies that have been selected to undertake Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) studies for the MOD Tactical UAV Integrated Product Team under the Smart Procurement Initiative process.

The Lockheed Martin AI system is the cornerstone of The Post Office's vision of a nationally integrated mail-processing system. The AI system will improve customer satisfaction by providing more effective and efficient service. The £130 million project enhances The Post Office's capability to recognise machine-printed and handwritten addresses, thereby increasing the use of automation for handling letters, flats and ultimately packets and parcels. The system also provides information about mail pieces such as stamp and delivery classifications to improve The Post Office's business performance.

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Lockheed Martin UKIS employs more than 500 staff and subcontractors at its sites at Portsmouth, Havant, Yeovil, Cornwall and London and is one of several Lockheed Martin businesses in the UK that are combined under Lockheed Martin UK Ltd.

For further information, please contact:

Chris Trippick
Communications and PR Programme Manager
Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems
Langstone Technology Park
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 1SA

Tel: (023) 9244 3739 Email: chris.trippick@lmco.com