Lockheed Submits Proposal To Design and Build U.S. Navy's...

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Lockheed Martin-led Team Submits Proposal To Design and Build U.S. Navy's Next Generation Narrowband Tactical Satellite Communications System

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A team led by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT - News) today submitted its proposal to design and build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system for the U.S. Navy that will provide significantly improved and assured communications for the mobile warfighter.

"This is an important national effort," said Manny DiMiceli, vice president and MUOS program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, "and we have assembled a talented and dedicated team and submitted an affordable and innovative solution that fully meets the customer's requirements. We look forward to working with our Navy customer in designing and building a system that will greatly expand the capacity for UHF communications and meet the need for 'comms on the move' as the military increasingly relies on light and mobile forces in theatre."

The Lockheed Martin team includes General Dynamics, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Boeing Satellite Systems, El Segundo, Calif. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif. is the prime contractor and systems integrator for the MUOS program.

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