AeroText (TM) Now Runs on Open Source Platforms
Gaithersburg, Md., 02/21/2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today the immediate availability of AeroText™ version 5.1 for Linux®, a network-friendly, multi-user, open source operating system. AeroText is a sophisticated text-mining and data extraction software tool.
“We continually strive to meet our customers’ ever-changing business needs,” said Taylor Mitchell, director of Analysis Productions & Solutions for Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions. “With the expanding rate of Linux adoption in the federal market, now is the time to provide AeroText support. This new version helps our commercial, federal, and international clients find all of those proverbial needles in a haystack using their platform of choice.”
In addition to supporting Linux, version 5.1 continues to provide the most comprehensive, easy to use, data extraction tool on the market. AeroText comes pre-configured to extract entities, relationships, and events, while also providing a wizard-driven interface to extend these capabilities. It is relied on by the international Intelligence Community to connect information from vast amounts of disparate text sources.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2006 sales of $39.6 billion.
AeroText is a trademark of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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Media Contact: Brad Wolf, (610) 354-4064, bradley.l.wolf@lmco.com
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www.lockheedmartin.com
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