Lockheed Martin Adds Harris Corporation, DRS Technologies To UCAR Team
December 18 2003 - 12:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
Lockheed Martin Adds Harris Corporation, DRS Technologies To UCAR
Team OWEGO, N.Y., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lockheed
Martin Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) development team is
strengthening its technical diversity and communication systems
capabilities by adding Harris Corporation and DRS Technologies,
Inc. . "The addition of Harris and DRS Technologies further
supports our team's system-of-systems strategies and better
positions us to provide a superior UCAR design that is closely
aligned with our customer's needs," said Jeff Bantle, vice
president of Multi-Mission Solutions for Lockheed Martin Systems
Integration - Owego. He added: "Harris brings mission-critical
communications and information systems expertise to our team, while
DRS Technologies adds unique electronic systems and data link
capabilities essential for assured battlefield network
communications under combat conditions." The Government
Communications Systems Division of Harris, in Melbourne, FL, and
the DRS EW & Network Systems unit of DRS Technologies, in
Buffalo, NY, join several other previously announced members of
Lockheed Martin's UCAR team. They include Bell Helicopter Textron
Inc., which brings helicopter and unmanned air vehicle design and
development expertise to the team; The Charles Stark Draper
Laboratory, known for its advanced controls and technology prowess;
Whitney, Bradley and Brown, leaders in mission analysis and
analytical hierarchy process tools; and four Lockheed Martin
businesses that add a multitude of mission-critical and systems
integration expertise, including automated target recognition,
mission management and control, architecture analysis,
visualization technologies and multispectral survivability
analysis. The UCAR program is a system development effort,
including an advanced unmanned rotorcraft air vehicle design.
Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and
the U.S. Army, the Lockheed Martin-led UCAR team was awarded $9.4
million in July 2003 to enter the second phase of a development
agreement for preliminary system design work. Focused on advancing
the Army's Future Force transformational capabilities, Bantle
emphasized the Lockheed Martin UCAR solution delivers multimission
options to the battlefield commander, such as mobile strike, close
combat support, armored reconnaissance and force security missions.
UCAR delivers speed, agility and endurance to operate effectively
with manned aviation elements, such as Comanche and Apache
helicopters. The UCAR system concept is designed to support modular
payloads to provide multiple mission options for battlefield
commanders. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs
about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture and integration of
advanced technology systems, products and services. DATASOURCE:
Lockheed Martin CONTACT: Media, Jan Gottfredsen, +1-607-751-2598, ,
for Lockheed Martin Web site: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
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