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13 October 2008 - Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions (IS&S) has published the 2009 schedule for its world-renowned tiered Tactical Data Link training courses. Courses are offered at LMUK IS&S office centres or may be delivered at client sites worldwide - more information.
10 October 2008 - eSMART Integrated Software Environment
eSMART is a single integrated software environment, providing the power to deliver the iSMART Process. Navigation of the tool is seamless across the system and data can be drawn from all environments - more information on our updated iSMART page.
15 September 2008 - Partnership with Niteworks
Lockheed Martin UK – Integrated Systems & Solutions (IS&S) is now partnered with Niteworks, the programme initially created to review Networked Enabled Capability (NEC) implementation challenges. Lockheed Martin UK – IS&S was previously an associate member. The partnership contains ten UK defence industry companies from a range of specialist areas that come together via Board representatives. Niteworks flexible partnering model has evolved with the requirements of the industry and has become a significant decision support tool for the MOD.
Lockheed Martin UK – IS&S will be bringing systems integration and a consultancy skills in impartial Systems, Technology and Management with experience in both public and private sectors, to the Board. Dennis Prowse, the Partnership Board Chairman, welcomed the company’s board representative at their first meeting held on the 16th September 08.
6 February 2008 - Paul Casey Named Business Development Director for Lockheed Martin UK – Integrated Systems & Solutions
Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions (IS&S) are pleased to announce Paul Casey as the new Business Development Director for Lockheed Martin UK - IS&S, effective immediately. Paul succeeds Andy Hannam, who moves back to his role of Deputy Managing Director.
Paul joined the company in 2002 as a sales manager after a short period with Aerosystems International Ltd, and a distinguished 22-year career with the Royal Air Force. Paul was instrumental in the diversification of the company’s consultancy services by introducing a Network-Enabled Capability (NEC) products portfolio. Since last year, he has held the position of Business Development Manager – Tactical Network-Enabled Capability and has continued to lead the expansion of our customers in the tactical data link and NEC domains.
In his new position, Paul will be responsible for meeting the Lockheed Martin UK - IS&S Business Development targets through the continued growth of the consultancy business, diversification of our business into new growth markets, and continued partnerships with other areas of Lockheed Martin IS&GS, Lockheed Martin UK and international pursuits.
7 January 2008 - Lockheed Martin UK and Essential Viewing Systems to Develop Next Generation of Video Capabilities
Lockheed Martin UK has agreed to join forces with Essential Viewing Systems Ltd. to develop the next generation of video streaming technology.
Video streaming today requires large amounts of bandwidth, making it difficult to transmit in high-quality over existing communications media. Now engineers from Lockheed Martin UK and Essential Viewing Systems are working together to develop new techniques in ultra-low bandwidth streaming, allowing for near-real time video to be transmitted without a significant loss of quality.
Marshall Keith, managing director at Lockheed Martin UK – Integrated Systems & Solutions, said: “We have already begun work in this fascinating area. Through this collaboration we will extend our capabilities and develop new ways of transmitting video across existing networks. The next generation of video streaming capability will have huge implications for many of our customers who need to share important information quickly and accurately.”
Demonstrations of a prototype capability have already been carried out in the Lockheed Martin Swift Laboratory in Farnborough, UK, where it forms a natural extension to Lockheed Martin UK’s existing imagery exploitation capabilities.
Les Gaw, chief operating officer at Essential Viewing Systems, said: “This agreement allows us to accelerate the development of our core video technology while leveraging the systems integration skills and expertise of Lockheed Martin UK to bring innovative solutions to market.”
The UK armed forces, civil defence and transport agencies have already expressed an interest in integrating this revolutionary technology with their existing communication systems, and the technology could have numerous applications across different sectors.
Lockheed Martin UK, a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, is a leader in systems integration working on major programmes spanning the aerospace, defence and civil sectors. Lockheed Martin works with more than 100 business partners and employs over 1700 people at more than a dozen sites across the UK.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology
systems, products and services.
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November 2007 - Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions are proud
to announce that it will use its Interoperable Systems Management and
Requirements Transformation (iSMART) process to provide system interoperability
assurance for the Australian Defence Force Tactical Data Link Authority (ADFTA).
The $1.3 million program will run from February 2008 through January 2009.
“Mission success relies on successful communications and this can be measured by a force’s ability to deliver seamless network-centric operations that are effective in all arenas,” said Andy Hannam, Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems & Solutions Business Development Director. “The iSMART process was originally developed by the Company some years ago and has been progressively improved over several years. iSMART will support the ADFTA operational mission success by enabling effective communications acquisition and interoperability analysis.”
In 2001, the ADFTA implemented the Through Life Interoperability Planning (TULIP) process. The goal of the TULIP process was to accurately measure system interoperability from concept through to end-of-life for a number of programs. Recently, the ADFTA identified a need to update the current process to meet an increasingly complex tactical information exchange environment and adopted iSMART, the successor process to TULIP, which incorporates an associated toolset, named eSMART, which manages interoperability by considering all the systems that will support information exchange in a system-of-systems environment.
The iSMART process is a structured methodology that supports the development and implementation of system interoperability through-life. While the iSMART process could be performed manually, the eSMART tools increase efficiency, and maintain consistency of the large volume of data within the process - more information on iSMART and TULIP.
26 July 2007 - Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions has published the 2008 schedule for its world-renowned tiered Tactical Data Link training courses. Courses are offered at our office centres or may be delivered at client sites worldwide - more information.
4 June 2007 - Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions has published the Spring 2007 edition of its quarterly corporate news magazine Interaction, focusing on delivering coherent and integrated capability through OMEGA Services.
1 February 2007 - Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions are hosting an open evening on Tuesday 20th February 2007, at our Malvern offices, and would welcome the opportunity to talk to individuals who are interested in working for a forward thinking company where you have the ability to grow to your full potential. If you are interested in attending the open evening, contact us on 01684 580800 or email your CV to recruitment.stasys@lmco.com. - more information (pdf)
