ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin will help the U.S. Army in shipping of equipment and supplies to combatant commands through a five-year RF-ITV II contract.
Under the $126 million award from the U.S. Army's Product Manager, Joint-Automatic Identification Technology organization, Lockheed will provide operations and maintenance for the Radio Frequency In-Transit Visibility system.
RF-ITV sites, located around the world, provide last-known locations and in-the-container listing for military shipments.
The RF tags are attached to shipping pallets and containers or to the equipment.
"With the government's and Lockheed Martin's focus on affordability, the RF-ITV system is critical to manage military shipments such as cargo, supplies and unit movement," said DeEtte Gray, Lockheed Martin IS&GS-Defense vice president for Enterprise IT Solutions.
"The Lockheed Martin team is proud to support the Army's efforts to prioritize, organize, and track assets."
Lockheed's work on the contract will involve company personnel in Virginia and Georgia as well as field service engineers around the world.
