Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to provide highly integrated physical security systems for its locations in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Lockheed Martin's teammates include AT&T, Intergraph Corporation, Lenel Systems International, and Intelligent Decisions.

"We are extremely honored that our team has been selected to perform such an important effort to protect key national assets at such a critical time in our nation's history," said Don Antonucci, president, Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions. "We understand the National Security Agency's mission and look forward to helping them make these facilities as secure as possible to meet their objectives."

According to the agency's website: "The National Security Agency (NSA) coordinates, directs and performs highly specialized activities to protect U.S. information systems and produce foreign intelligence information. NSA is on the frontiers of communications and data processing technology and is one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research within the government."

Lockheed Martin has provided highly integrated physical security systems for many of the United States' most critical facilities, including the Pentagon, military installations, and other critical government and transportation infrastructure.

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.

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SOURCE: Lockheed Martin