Lockheed Martin, a US group of technology companies, has won an $89 million information convergence contract from the US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to help enhance the performance of the military's distribution network. 

The Lockheed Martin team, including SAIC, Data Networks Corporation, PRTM, BearingPoint, Rainbow Data Systems, Innolog, Business Objects, Teradata and Oakland Consulting, was awarded the fixed-price, multi-year contract, which includes provisions for supplemental contract extensions in future years.

The contract will see the Lockheed Martin team merge DLA's ‘Integrated Data Environment’ (IDE) distribution system with USTRANSCOM's ‘Global Transportation Network’ (GTN) into a unified system using the increasingly popular, SOA technology.

The finished product will be a common information platform that enables the military to more collaboratively and cost-effectively improve end-to-end supply visibility, responsiveness, decision-making, service and logistics processes.  The platform includes a single repository and universal access to logistics data so that any user or developer can easily find, access or manage supply chain information.