(Woburn, MA) - November 6, 2003 –A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team has been awarded a $3 billion contract to provide information technology services to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to other Federal agencies through the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Global Information Technology Support Services (VA GITSS) program. The eight-year VA GITSS program, one of the largest information technology services contracts in Federal government history, will support the design, implementation and operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide Enterprise Architecture along with meeting the other information technology needs of the VA through the use, under this contract, of the best IT companies in their respective specialties.
GITSS services include: IT systems integration; IT systems implementation and operations; information assurance, security and survivability; legacy system migration; storage systems and services design, implementation and management; electronic records management and preservation; web design and development; IT strategic planning and assessment; contingency operations implementation; electronic commerce support and software development.
“The Lockheed Martin VA GITSS team was assembled to insure best-of-breed capabilities to meet the broad range of requirements of the VA and the Federal government,” said Steve Helms, Vice President for Systems Integration at Lockheed Martin Information Technologies. “Image Fortress was selected to be a member of our team based on their domain expertise in electronic records archiving, storage systems design, implementation and operations. They bring unique technology and capabilities in digital information assurance, security, electronic records integrity and long-term electronic records preservation to the solutions we will be implementing throughout the VA and elsewhere in the Federal government.”
“We are delighted to be among the small group of companies selected by Lockheed Martin to be a member of the team they put together to win and deliver IT services under this major contract,” said Bob Pokress, cofounder and President of Image Fortress. “We are looking forward to providing our electronic records archiving services to the VA and other Federal agencies in partnership with Lockheed Martin.”
About Image Fortress
Image Fortress Corporation provides government and commercial organizations with secure, fully automated electronic records archiving of documents and files in all digital formats. Its DigitalFortress. electronic records archiving service meets all Federal government regulations for long-term records management, preservation, authenticity security and guarantees the evidential value all stored records. Image Fortress helps customers design and implement comprehensive storage strategies for organizing, storing, preserving and guaranteeing future access to and integrity of their vital electronic documents and records. Image Fortress is privately held and has its headquarters in Woburn, MA.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 125,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2002 sales of $26.6 billion.
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