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2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) hasreceived contracts totaling $603 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & MissileCommand for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and the HighMobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), both combat proven and highlysuccessful in the current Global War on Terror.Work on the contracts will be performed at the company's facilities in Camden,AR, and Grand Prairie, TX, with the last contract scheduled for completion inthe last part of 2011."In theater, the GMLRS Unitary rocket has earned the nickname 'The70-kilometer Sniper Rifle,' and continues to live up to that reputationmission after mission," said Col David J Rice, U.S. Army program manager forPrecision Fires, Rocket and Missile Systems."In fact, over 1,000 have beenfired in support of the Global War on Terrorism.GMLRS has changed the wayfires are applied throughout the battlefield, making it the absolute 'King ofBattle,' providing responsive, precision fires enabled by unsurpassed systemreliability and maintainability." "HIMARS brings the frontline Soldiers and Marines an agile, responsive andaccurate delivery system of extremely precise fires," said Col TonyDaskevich, the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) capabilitiesmanager for Rockets and Missile Systems."HIMARS' exceptional mobility,transportability and reliability have been keys to highly effective, accuratefire support during combat operations in support of the Global War onTerrorism.""These systems continue to make their mark with our customers," said RickEdwards, vice president of Tactical Missiles at Lockheed Martin Missiles andFire Control."HIMARS and GMLRS, with their mobility and surgical precision,coupled with a world-class logistics footprint, have changed the waysupporting fires are applied in urban and counter insurgency fights.Theircontinued modernization keeps them relevant to the Warriors who defend us onfreedom's frontiers."Guided Unitary MLRS is the newest variant which leverages the Guided MLRSexperience and investment to integrate a unitary warhead with a multi-modefuze to expand the MLRS target set to include point targets within urban andcomplex environments.In January 2005, the U.S.

Army issued an Urgent NeedStatement for acceleration of Guided Unitary deliveries in support of counterfire operations.Lockheed Martin delivered the first 72 GMLRS Unitary rocketsin June 2005 satisfying the requirements of the Urgent Need Statement.Thefirst 900-plus rockets were delivered to the U.S. in 2005 and 2006.GMLRS is an all-weather, precision strike, artillery rocket system thatachieves greater range and precision accuracy requiring fewer rockets todefeat targets, thereby reducing the number of rockets necessary to defeatcurrent targets, as well as limiting collateral damage.GMLRS is a CurrentForce system that provides the joint Warfighter with immediate, precisionfires to engage, destroy and deny terrain to the enemy.GMLRS is effectiveagainst counter fire, air defense, and light materiel and personnel targets. GMLRS incorporates a Global Positioning System-aided inertial guidance packageintegrated on a product improved rocket body.Additionally, small canards onthe Guided Rocket nose add basic maneuverability to further enhance theaccuracy of the system.HIMARS can accommodate the entire family of MLRS munitions, including allvariants of the Guided MLRS rocket and Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)missiles.Designed to enable troops to engage and defeat artillery, airdefense concentrations, trucks, light armor and personnel carriers, as well assupport troop and supply concentrations, HIMARS can move away from the area athigh speed following missile launch, well before enemy forces are able tolocate the launch site.Because of its C-130 transportability, HIMARS can be deployed into areaspreviously inaccessible to heavier launchers and provides a force multiplierto the modular brigade.It also incorporates the self-loading, autonomousfeatures that have made MLRS the premier rocket artillery system in the world. HIMARS carries a single six-pack of MLRS rockets, or one ATACMS missile.Itsfire control system, electronics and communications units are interchangeablewith the existing MLRS M270A1 launcher, and the crew and training are thesame.HIMARS prototypes were successfully employed in Operations IraqiFreedom.Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security companythat employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in theresearch, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment ofadvanced technology systems, products and services.