Lockheed Martin Receives Simulation Driver Training Contract from Werner Enterprises

28 April 1999

Lockheed Martin Receives Simulation Driver Training Contract from Werner Enterprises

    ORLANDO, Fla.--April 28, 1999--Lockheed Martin Information Systems has been awarded a training systems contract worth approximately $750,000 with a potential growth to $12 million from Werner Enterprises, one of the largest truckload carriers in the United States.
    The contract calls for delivery of a motion-based driver trainer system that incorporates low-cost, commercial-off-the-shelf visual and processing elements.
    Applicable for use with trucks, buses or cars, these driver trainer systems feature day or night views, a wide variety of weather conditions, malfunctions and road emergencies, automated driver-performance assessment, actual vehicle cabins and intelligent traffic.
    "This award confirms our capability to provide cost effective, state-of-the-art technologies to enhance training and safety within the commercial trucking industry," said Lockheed Martin Information Systems President John Hallal.
    Part of the Corporation's $5.2 billion Information & Services Sector, Lockheed Martin Information Systems is a world leader in the military training industry.
    The company provides unique training systems that deliver exceptionally realistic operations and combat mission training, as well as academic and simulator instruction and logistics support.
    Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a highly diversified global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced-technology systems, products and services.
    The Corporation's businesses span space and telecommunications, electronics, information and services, aeronautics, energy and systems integration. Employing more than 165,000 people worldwide, Lockheed Martin had 1998 sales surpassing $26 billion.