Lockheed Martin Joins Northrop Grumman OCX Team
April 28, 2008Lockheed Martin has joined Northrop Grumman Corp.'s team competing for the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) GPS Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract.
The OCX modernization effort will provide mission enterprise control support for the nation's existing GPS Block II and future Block III satellites. The current OCX contract for Phase A of the program is valued at $160 million and will provide the Air Force a flexible, scaleable, extensible, and service-oriented re-architecture of the current GPS ground system, the USAF said. Northrop Grumman competitor Raytheon is under contract with the Air Force and is developing that first phase of the OCX system, and is competing for the Phase B work.
The Air Force has said it will likely award the Phase B OCX contract in the spring of 2009.
"Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services is a tremendous addition to Northrop Grumman's experienced and proven team and will greatly enhance our ability to offer the customer an innovative and low-risk OCX solution that modernizes GPS command and control for effects-based operations,'' said Steve Bergjans, GPS OCX vice president and program manager for Northrop Grumman.
Lockheed Martin was the prime contractor for the GPS IIR satellite program.
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