The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $26
million foreign military sales contract to modernize the Royal Jordanian
Air Force’s national air command, control and communications
infrastructure.
Lockheed Martin will provide the Kingdom of
Jordan with an integrated, real-time air picture across multiple command
centers and many remote sites to better protect the country’s airspace.
The system, known as Omnyx™, will combine sensor,
voice and data communications to provide interoperability throughout the
Royal Jordanian Air Force and other elements of Jordan’s armed forces.
With input from radars and other data links, the system will assist in
detecting incoming air traffic and also provide the capabilities needed
for airspace management, air sovereignty and air defense missions.
"Omnyx serves as the backbone for information flow
among command centers, enabling Jordanian military personnel to track
and identify aircraft, evaluate any threats, and initiate or monitor
airborne engagements," said John Nikolai, director of C4 Systems for
Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems & Sensors business. "The system
will provide enhanced situational awareness of Jordanian airspace at all
times."
Lockheed Martin successfully fielded similar command
and control systems in Iraq, Kazakhstan and Taiwan, in addition to ten
North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. Omnyx is comprised of 100
percent commercial hardware and its service oriented architecture and
open standards make the system easy to modify and interoperable with
existing and future coalition forces.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people
worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services. The corporation’s net sales
for 2011 were $46.5 billion.
