IsraelDefense
September 16, 2013
Lockheed Martin to Design NATO Infrastructure
The US company was chosen to design an advanced network infrastructure for NATO’s new HQ. The scope of the project is estimated at nearly $100 million
Lockheed Martin has been chosen to design the Active Network Infrastructure (ANWI) for NATO’s new HQ in Brussels, Belgium. The contract, which is estimated at more than $100 million, also includes options which, if fulfilled, may award the company with a five-year contract for the maintenance of NATO’s network.
For the purpose of the project, Lockheed Martin has assembled a team consisting of the most experienced and leading companies in the US and in Europe, including Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Prodata Systems and Selex Elsag.
NATO’s new HQ in Brussels will serve as the face and heart of the organization, and will represent an example of technological integration and cooperation between the users from the organization’s member states and the nationalities involved in it. The new infrastructure will serve more than 4,500 users at the organization’s HQ, and will provide support for an additional 1,500 visitors and conference guests.
The new infrastructure will include four integrated security networks, capable of operating concertedly with other nations that are NATO members. It will additionally include solutions for verifying information between different compounds, which will provide secure and transparent connectivity; a modern and powerful data center with high availability as well as comprehensive and unified communication and work services.
NATO’s new network is based on systems developed by Lockheed Martin for clients with similar tasks and requirements. In the past 20 years, the company has been responsible for upgrading some of the largest military networks in the US, including those of the Pentagon, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the US Army Corps of Engineers and the US Air Force.
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