Lockheed Martin lands NGA workforce training deal

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a five-year, $176 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to deliver technical training to its employees and other defense and intelligence workers.

Under the Learning Management Services contract, which covers one base year and four one-year options, Lockheed Martin's Integrated Systems and Solutions division will support NGA's Human Development Directorate. The work includes technical skills training, systems training, and leadership and intelligence professional education.

The contract is part of NGA's Human Development Technology and Services initiative. NGA will award a second HDT&S services contract for human capital management services in the next few months, according to an agency statement. The work will be performed in the greater Washington and St. Louis metropolitan areas.

The NGA is responsible for the collection, analysis and distribution of geospatial intelligence derived from satellite imagery.

Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md., has more than 135,000 employees and had annual sales of $37.5 billion in fiscal 2005. The company ranks No. 1 on Washington Technology's 2006 Top 100 list of federal IT prime contractors.

Dawn S. Onley is a staff writer for Washington Technology's sister publication, Government Computer News.