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Homeland Security

Lockheed Martin to Merge DoD Distribution Systems

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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The U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) have awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] an initial $89 million contract to merge supply chain data networks into a unified system. Lockheed Martin's team will merge DLA's Integrated Data Environment (IDE) with USTRANSCOM's Global Transportation Network (GTN) into a unified system called IDE/GTN Convergence (IGC). IGC will provide a common information platform that enables the military to more collaboratively and cost effectively improve end-to-end supply chain visibility, responsiveness, decision-making,…

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