Lockheed opens U.S. Visit office

	Responding to the government's award next month of a hotly chased, $10 billion contract to track the entry and exit of foreign visitors, Lockheed Martin Corp. has opened an office dedicated to homeland security.

Responding to the government's award next month of a hotly chased, $10 billion contract to track the entry and exit of foreign visitors, Lockheed Martin Corp. has opened an office dedicated to homeland security.

The Bethesda, Md., IT-defense concern's dedicated center in Arlington, Va., will facilitate its work for the Homeland Security Department, should the company win the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, called U.S. Visit.