Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have each received task orders from the Transportation Security Administration related to the installation and upgrade of new airport security equipment at airport security checkpoints nationwide. Lockheed Martin received two task orders, one for the Central Region and the other for the East Region worth up to $72 million over two years under the agency’s Security Equipment Systems Integration (SESI) program. Lockheed Martin was the incumbent in the Central Region and unseated Raytheon [RTN] for the East Region. Lockheed Martin will assist TSA in deploying passenger screening technologies, software upgrades, wireless technologies and existing airport infrastructure. Boeing’s task order, which is for the West Region, is worth $27.1 million and is for similar work as Lockheed Martin, has a one-year base period and one-year option. Raytheon won a potential $88 million task order from TSA last year to install passenger screening equipment at airports under the SESI program (TR2, April 14, 2010). Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] is also eligible to compete for task orders under the SESI program.
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