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Lockheed Martin Establishing ICT Engineering Hub For Asia-Pacific Region

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 29th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin Establishing ICT Engineering Hub For Asia-Pacific Region

Lockheed Martin in 2013 opened a cyber security and technology center in Canberra. Photo: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it is investing $8 million to establish an information communications technology (ICT) in Australia for the Asia-Pacific region. The company said the new facility near Melbourne will accommodate 190 staff, including at least 150 new personnel, which will more than double its workforce in the city. Lockheed Martin said the facility will focus on expanding local skills in cyber security, data management, applications development and larger scale ICT services. The announcement of the new…

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