Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal to Design and Build U.S. Air Force's TSAT Space Segment
30 Juillet 2007 - 6:42PM
PR Newswire (US)
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lockheed Martin
(NYSE:LMT)/Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) team today submitted its
proposal to design and build the Transformational Satellite
Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment, the future global
communications network for the U.S. Air Force that will provide
seamless, protected communications for a wide range of defense and
intelligence users. The proposal builds upon the team's combined
experience developing advanced military and commercial
communications systems, including the Milstar satellite
communications network currently in operation, the Advanced
Extremely High Frequency (EHF) system now in production, and the
successful TSAT risk reduction and system definition activities
conducted under contract to the Air Force. "Our team has worked
closely with the Air Force for more than five years to mature the
key TSAT technologies and define a program that is adaptive and
executable," said Joanne Maguire, executive vice president of
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. "Building upon our legacy of
delivering protected satellite communications systems with assured
connectivity, our low-risk TSAT solution will provide unprecedented
capabilities for our warfighters and we stand ready to deliver this
vitally important system on cost and on schedule." Lockheed Martin
Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., is competing to serve as the TSAT
Space Segment prime contractor, with teammate Northrop Grumman
Space Technology, Redondo Beach, Calif., responsible for the
communications payload, including laser and radio-frequency
communications and on-board processing. Other members of the team
include: -- Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., will apply
its Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) routing software and related
expertise in the design of the team's TSAT processor/router.
Juniper's JUNOS software, which is used in the Department of
Defense's Global Information Grid, is the first IPv6 routing system
approved by the Defense Information Systems Agency; -- ViaSat Inc.,
Carlsbad, Calif., will provide dynamic bandwidth and resource
allocation algorithms and software and the integrated cryptographic
processor security system; and -- Lockheed Martin Information
Systems & Global Services, Gaithersburg Md., will provide the
satellite ground control and gateway elements. "Northrop Grumman is
focused on making TSAT a success," said Alexis Livanos, corporate
vice president, and president of Northrop Grumman's Space
Technology sector. "We are committing experienced people from
Milstar and the Advanced EHF design team to ensure that TSAT takes
advantage of proven technologies and leverages our extensive
protected SATCOM expertise. All members of the Northrop Grumman
team are personally dedicated to the successful deployment of
TSAT." The proposal submitted today is for the multi-billion dollar
Development and Production contract scheduled to be awarded by the
Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing located at the Space
and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. in
November 2007. The contract will include the design, development,
and fielding of up to five space vehicles plus one spare, along
with the ground-based space vehicle command and control, and the
high data-rate ground communications gateway. The original TSAT
risk reduction and system definition funding awarded by the Air
Force in 2004 recently culminated in a successful TSAT Space
Segment Design Review at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities
in Sunnyvale, Calif. The review detailed the team's planned
architecture and design approach for TSAT as well as demonstrating
key technologies essential to the program. TSAT will employ
high-speed optical communications, Internet Protocol network
routing, and communications-on-the-move technologies to deliver a
dramatic increase in connectivity, speed, and mobility for the
warfighter. "Juniper Networks' high-performance network
infrastructure enables government contractors to deliver the
responsive and trusted environment required to help provide
critical high-speed communications to the U.S. military," said
Haywood Talcove, vice president, Public Sector Americas, Juniper
Networks. "We are committed to offering greater choice and control
to quickly meet the Defense Department's evolving and demanding
network requirements." TSAT represents the next step toward
transitioning the Department of Defense wideband and protected
communications satellite architecture into a single network
comprising multiple satellite, ground, and user segment components.
The system ultimately will replace the Milstar and Advanced EHF
programs and provide the satellite-based Global Information Grid
network extension to mobile warfighters, sensors, weapons, and
command, control, and communications nodes located on unmanned
aerial vehicles, piloted aircraft, on the ground, in the air, at
sea or in space. "ViaSat is very pleased to be a contributor to the
Lockheed Martin TSAT team," said Mark Dankberg, CEO and Chairman,
ViaSat, Inc. "We have worked closely with the team for the past
five years and bring key technologies to two important aspects of
the satellite system -- our dynamic bandwidth and resource
allocation algorithms and software based on 15+ years of
experience, as well as the latest information assurance
technologies for this critical defense program." ViaSat produces
innovative satellite and other communication products that enable
fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location. The
Company provides networking products and managed network services
for enterprise IP applications; is a key supplier of
network-centric military communications and encryption technologies
to the U.S. government; and is the primary technology partner for
gateway and customer-premises equipment for consumer and mobile
satellite broadband services. Juniper Networks, Inc. is the leader
in high-performance networking. Juniper offers a high-performance
network infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted
environment for accelerating the deployment of services and
applications over a single network. This fuels high-performance
businesses. Additional information can be found at
http://www.juniper.net/. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30
billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000
employees provide innovative systems, products and solutions in
information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding
to government and commercial customers worldwide. Headquartered in
Bethesda, Md., 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. The corporation reported
2006 sales of $39.6 billion. Media Contact: Steve Tatum,
408-742-7531; e-mail, DATASOURCE: Lockheed Martin CONTACT: Steve
Tatum of Lockheed Martin, +1-408-742-7531, Web site:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
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