WorldScape Defense Wins Contractor Position on Lockheed Martin Rapid Response Team

MARLTON, NJ (March 11, 2003) – WorldScape Defense Company, LLC announced today that it has been designated as one of the subcontractors on the Lockheed Martin led team to support the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Rapid Response (CR2) program. This $23 billion multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has only eight awardees with Lockheed’s total ceiling being $2.9 billion over an eight year period. 

The CR2 contract enables over 60 carefully selected members of the world’s leading defense, aerospace and electronics firms to provide a substantial range of technology, engineering, and program support to CR2 customers. The program also enables agencies to have contracted work begin in as little as 19 days. All of the DoD, federal and state agencies are able to solicit under the Rapid Response program.

Major General Paul Glazar (ret), President of WorldScape Defense said, “WorldScape is pleased to serve with Lockheed Martin as a small business subcontractor to this crucial program. In supporting and maintaining the DoD systems, specifically during this crucial period in our country, we believe our cutting edge technology, program management skills, and extensive defense experience will be a successful match for any number of tasks.”

“This is a great opportunity for WorldScape to work with a broad range of government agencies to quickly integrate our leading edge technologies into a number of programs to satisfy immediate and longer-term needs,” said Peter Rogina, WorldScape‘s founder and CEO. “We’re proud to be recognized as a company of the caliber required to be pre-qualified under the CR2 program and are looking forward to increasing our contributions to national and Homeland defense.”

WorldScape Defense is a technology and consulting firm that provides a broad spectrum of technology and services covering massively parallel computing technologies, technology development through implementation, military operations training and simulation, acquisition and contracting, as well as overall program management. Currently, WorldScape Defense is engaged with the Office of Naval Research in the area of missile defense and UAV processing as well as a number of programs and projects related to sensor technology, real-world based immersive simulations, and others.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin employs about 125,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2001 sales of $24 billion.