Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) selected 10 employees to receive its highest award for superior performance in management, technology leadership, inventiveness, and support. About four percent of the unit's 250 employees receive the honor annually.

  Lockheed Martin ATL will honor the following employees:
  --  Tom Damiano, Manasquan, N.J., for outstanding technical achievements
      in distributed operations technology for Lockheed Martin Corporation
      and object recognition technology for the Defense Advanced Research
      Projects Agency (DARPA).
  --  Phil DiBona, Woodbury, N.J., for outstanding leadership of processes
      that enabled ATL to achieve Level 3 on the Capability Maturity Model
      Integration(R) for Development.
  --  Peter Gerken, Merchantville, N.J., for outstanding performance as the
      integration lead on a plan understanding and monitoring system for the
      U.S. Air Force.
  --  Carlos Henriquez, Mount Laurel, N.J., for outstanding performance as
      lead systems integrator on several programs for the U.S. government.
  --  Mark Hoffman, Kennesaw, Ga., for outstanding management and execution
      on a crises early warning system for DARPA.
  --  Grant Hollis, Audubon, N.J., for outstanding leadership and
      development skills on several U.S. government programs.
  --  Drew Housten, Marlton, N.J., for outstanding performance as the
      technical lead in designing autonomous technologies for the U.S. Navy.
  --  Aron Rubin, Marlton, N.J., for outstanding performance as the software
      integration lead for development of a radio-frequency-spectrum
      planning tool for the U.S. Army.
  --  Jim Starz, Arlington, Va., for outstanding research in semantic
      techniques for the U.S. Air Force and others.
  --  Samantha Swanson Acosta, Logan Township, N.J., for outstanding
      performance in communications and public affairs on multiple
      initiatives for ATL as well as Lockheed Martin Corporation.

ATL will recognize honorees and their guests at the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pa., on April 18.

ATL is an advanced computing, applied research and development asset of Lockheed Martin Corporation. It develops and applies advanced computing technologies for next-generation defense systems for Lockheed Martin, Department of Defense, and civil sector. Areas of interest include autonomous vehicles; network-centric operations; user-centered interfaces; dynamic, reconfigurable systems; and information exploitation. With its main office in Cherry Hill, N.J., ATL has sites in West Lake Village, Calif., Kennesaw, Ga., and Arlington, Va.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 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 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.

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