LM Delivers 1st GMS2 Production Unit

(Orlando, FL., October 1, 2008) -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently marked the first delivery of the Gunship Multispectral Sensor System (GMS2) initial production unit to The Boeing Company for aircraft integration. GMS2, the electro-optical/infrared fire control system for the AC-130U Gunship, is scheduled for three additional unit deliveries by the end of 2008.

The delivery follows a series of successful flight tests that assessed system performance in target imaging, line-of-sight stabilization, image blending, image processing and system controls. The Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) system successfully completed flight testing in July.

"Our primary focus is to take the demonstrated capability of the EMD flight test system over the last two years and turn it into a very high performing production system," said Mike Inderhees, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control's director of Turreted Systems. "The GMS2 is a quality product that will give the Warfighter a significant improvement in capability."

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