KING OF PRUSSIA, PA, 03/09/2000 -- Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems (M&DS) has entered contract negotiations as the Systems Integrator for the Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Investigative and Traffic Safety Incident Information Management System or IIMS. This three-year project is a top priority for the Pennsylvania State Police to completely modernize its data systems for statewide dispatch, mobile computers for the entire mobile fleet, as well as evidence, criminal and investigative management systems.

The Criminal Investigative and Traffic Safety Incident Information Management System will revolutionize the way our department operates. Troopers will use computer technology to record information at the scene of incidents, process evidence and build information as the investigation continues, said State Police Commissioner Paul J. Evanko.

Lockheed Martin M&DS will provide overall project leadership and systems engineering and integration. The Company will be responsible for the design, development, integration and implementation of the various components of IIMS, in concert with its consortium members. Rounding out Lockheed Martin's team are TRW, SAIC, DynCorp, Applied Digital Solutions, Innovative Business Concepts, L. Robert Kimball and Associates, Matthew Hunt and Associates, The Crider Group, Carnegie Mellon Research Institute and Pennsylvania State University.

We are proud to partner with the State Police, to help them reduce paperwork and spend more time fighting crime. Providing technology solutions for our customers is what we do best, said Michael Barbee, vice president, Lockheed Martin M&DS.

Management & Data Systems has been a leader in systems integration, systems engineering, software development and program management in support of vital national systems for more than 30 years. With approximately 7,500 employees at facilities in Pennsylvania, Arizona, California and Virginia, M&DS is a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation.