FARNBOROUGH, England,
July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and ThalesRaytheonSystems are
joining forces to provide the NATO Alliance with a territorial
Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) command and control
capability. This Teaming Agreement, signed in the presence of
Raytheon and Thales, the two shareholders of the joint venture,
establishes a transatlantic team that combines the depth and
breadth of decades of expertise from Lockheed Martin and Raytheon,
with the European air command and control capabilities of
Thales. The overall team will include industry
representatives from across the Alliance to deliver a low risk
capability for NATO's Air Command and Control BMD program.
At the 2010 Lisbon Summit, NATO leaders decided to develop a
Missile Defence Capability to protect all NATO European populations
and territories against ballistic missile attacks. The
Alliance's Heads of State and Government stated that they see this
as a core element of NATO's collective defence task in view of the
growing threat of the proliferation of ballistic missile technology
and weapons of mass destruction. The focus of the Programme
is the upgrade, test and integration of NATO's command and control
(C2) systems and underlying communication network to enable
effective information exchanges between various NATO and national
missile defence systems. This integrated system-of-systems
architecture will provide NATO forces, whether deployed within or
beyond NATO's area of responsibility, with the capability to defend
NATO populations and territories.
Dave Gulla, vice president of
Mission Systems and Solutions, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems,
stated, "Our companies are committed to providing the best
technical and program talent available to provide a low risk and
operationally relevant NATO BMD capability. We are confident
that this teaming framework creates the best value for NATO and
ensures delivery of a timely and effective territorial BMD
capability."
"Lockheed Martin delivered the Defence Design System for NATO's
BMD planning capability. We will leverage that success, as well as
our expertise in command and control, weapon system development and
systems integration to achieve the Alliance goals," said Dr.
Rob Smith, vice president of C4ISR
for Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems. "Lockheed's
success in delivering the C2 capability for US Ballistic Missile
Defense System is a result of our focus on end user needs. We
delivered a very complex C2 capability that is intuitive and
effective for mission execution. We accomplished this in
partnership with Raytheon and other US companies and we look
forward to delivering this capability with Thales and
TRS."
"This teaming agreement is perfectly aligned with our four
companies orientations towards both system of systems innovative
solutions and reinforcing existing partnerships, which proved its
value through the previous joint successes such as Theater Missile
Defense," said Thomas Got, Head of the Air Operations and Weapons
System line of business for Thales Group. "Our companies will
join the best of each in meeting NATO's command and control
needs."
According to Eric Marceau, CEO of
the TRS Joint Venture, "This Teaming Agreement codifies the
relationship established with Lockheed Martin in 2008 to deliver
NATO's Theater Missile Defence capability. It will further
our collaboration to deliver the full spectrum capability the
Alliance requires for territorial Ballistic Missile Defense.
This team will provide the operational command and control
capability for the protection for all NATO European populations,
territory and forces against the threats posed by ballistic
missiles."
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