Press Release

Lockheed Martin Announces Participation in Maryland's High Tech Toll Projects

12/05/96

Maryland Taps Lockheed Martin for Hi-Tech Toll Projects At Baltimore
Harbor Crossings, JFK Highway

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 27 -- Lockheed Martin IMS -- a
nationally recognized innovator of "intelligent" technologies that are
revolutionizing America's highways -- announced today it has been
selected to launch the state's first electronic toll collection (ETC)
project on three Baltimore harbor crossings and the John F. Kennedy
Memorial Highway.

At a meeting today, the Maryland Board of Public Works approved a
$22.2 million, three-year contract between Lockheed Martin IMS and the
Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) to design, develop and
install the ETC system, and provide system maintenance and customer
services, including violation enforcement.

The new system will allow motorists to pay their tolls without
stopping, through a transponder attached to their windshields that
deducts the fare from a pre-paid account.

Lockheed Martin IMS, one of the fastest growing subsidiaries of
Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Corporation , expects
to have the new state-of-the-art system installed and operational
within 13 months on 50 toll lanes at the Fort McHenry Tunnel, the
Harbor Tunnel and the Francis Scott Key Bridge -- three Patapsco River
crossings used by an estimated 200,000 motorists daily. Electronic
tolls on two lanes of the JFK Memorial Highway -- used by about 63,000
motorists daily -- will be introduced at about the same time.

"Lockheed Martin IMS is an industry leader in high-volume transaction
processing, and support and customer services. We are pleased to have
them as a partner in this exciting venture," said Maryland Governor
Parris Glendening, chairman of the state Board of Public Works, which
also includes Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein and Treasurer Richard
N. Dixon.

"This important transportation enhancement not only provides customer
service and environmental benefits, but also serves as an excellent
example of how public-private partnerships can help achieve greater
efficiency in government services," said David L.  Winstead, chairman
of the MdTA and Maryland's Secretary of Transportation.

"As a Maryland-based company and nationally recognized leader in
'intelligent' transportation systems, Lockheed Martin is proud to work
in partnership with the state to help reduce traffic congestion on our
highways, bridges and tunnels," said Norman R.  Augustine, the
corporation's CEO and vice chairman.  "Lockheed Martin IMS brings to
Maryland a proven electronic toll collection system that will open a
new era of convenience for tens of thousands of motorists who rely on
the Baltimore Harbor crossings and the JFK Memorial Highway every day
to reach the source of their economic livelihood."

"Lockheed Martin IMS' unmatched experience in the triple role of
systems integrator, toll road operator and customer service provider
will enable us to ensure success in Maryland," said Norman Y. Mineta,
senior vice president and managing director of Lockheed Martin IMS'
Transportation Systems and Services division.

For the Maryland project, IMS will customize an electronic toll
collection (ETC) system it designed, developed and installed on the
Route 400 Extension in Atlanta in 1993. IMS will integrate automatic
vehicle identification (AVI) equipment developed by MARK IV, which
achieves a 99.95 percent accuracy in identifying and processing
vehicles.

IMS will open a walk-in customer service center at Point Breeze that
will be responsible for issuing electronic tags to motorists,
processing an estimated 120,000 electronic toll transactions daily,
managing and maintaining customer accounts, and responding to the
day-to-day needs and questions of subscribers.  Customer service
features include a toll-free, automated and interactive voice response
system that will enable motorists to get up-to-date information on
their accounts, payments and toll trips 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. In addition, customers will be able to use the Internet to
subscribe and access their accounts.

In partnership with Alphatech Inc. of Burlington, Mass., IMS will
provide the MdTA with a violation enforcement system that photographs
the license plates of toll evaders, motorists who use improper tags
and those who exceed the speed limit through toll lanes.

Other team members besides MARK IV and Alphatech include AVA Electric
Company, a Maryland-based, minority-owned, general contracting and
electrical services firm that will install and maintain the lane
control system.

Lockheed Martin IMS is already the customer service provider for
E-ZPass electronic toll systems operated by the New York State Thruway
Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges &
Tunnels in New York City. Another E-ZPass Interagency Group member,
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, selected IMS last
summer to design, develop and install electronic toll systems on six
bridges and tunnels used by more than 300,000 motorists daily,
including the George Washington Bridge and Lincoln and Holland
tunnels.

IMS is also the ETC systems integrator and customer service provider
for Orange County, Calif. toll roads operated by the Transportation
Corridor Agencies, and will provide customer services for a California
Department of Transportation electronic toll project involving nine
bridges statewide. In addition, IMS is in the process of installing an
electronic toll system on two causeways in Dade County, Florida.