Leidos Australia partners with Lockheed Martin Australia to provide software, cyber services for ADF’s future Joint Air Battle Management System
MELBOURNE, Australia (Sept. 11, 2024) – Leidos Australia has been contracted by Lockheed Martin Australia to provide software development, cybersecurity, and verification and validation services in support of the development of the Australian Defence Force’s next generation Joint Air Battle Management System under Project AIR6500.
Under the contract, Leidos Australia will provide support to the Joint Air Battle Management System enterprise in the domains of cybersecurity, modelling and simulation, and validation. This work will support Lockheed Martin Australia in building a highly robust and secure open systems architecture for AIR6500 that will provide Defence with an advanced integrated air and missile defence capability to combat current and future threats.
Leidos Australia Chief Executive Paul Chase said, "We are proud to be partnering with Lockheed Martin Australia to provide this mission critical capability to Defence. This is an exciting opportunity for Leidos, which supports our business growth in Australia while providing our Australian engineering team an opportunity to work in partnership with Lockheed Martin to shape and validate capabilities integrated into AIR6500."
Chase added, “Being part of the AIR6500 solution provides the potential for Leidos and Lockheed Martin Australia to work together to integrate intelligence and situational awareness information into the AIR6500 Joint Air Battle Management System from our JP2096 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.
"This capability enables analysts to quickly search, collate and assimilate information from multiple databases, delivering more complete information in a reduced timeframe thereby enabling swifter, better informed, decision making.”
Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand Chief Executive Warren McDonald said, “We are delighted to partner with Leidos Australia, who bring a wealth of experience to AIR6500. The partnership marks an important focus on designing a rigorous, independently validated, agile air battle management system that supports the Australian Defence Force.”
McDonald added, “Having Leidos Australia integrated into the AIR6500 project builds trust and discipline into the agile software development process. It allows Leidos Australia to work directly with our engineers in real time to test and evaluate incrementally. This supports our engineers to continually progress and or resolve technical issues rapidly to achieve project milestones.”
About Leidos Australia
Leidos Australia has been a trusted partner to the Australian Government, including the Department of Defence, for more than 25 years, having delivered some of the country’s most complex software and systems integration projects. Leidos Australia’s 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, deliver solutions that protect and improve the Australian way of life.
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.leidos.com.
