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Fourth Annual PBL Honors Awarded

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September 30, 2008

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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, General Dynamics and their
military branch partners were recognized Tuesday as winners of the 2008
Performance-Based Logistics Awards.

The Fourth Annual Secretary of Defense PBL Awards, jointly developed by
the Defense Department, the Defense Acquisition University and the
Aerospace Industries Association, acknowledge outstanding
government-industry partnerships at the system, subsystem and component
level. PBL is a logistics discipline that focuses on performance and
capability rather than a product or service alone.

“These awards recognize the achievement programs have made in
implementing PBL programs,” AIA’s Vice President of National Security Fred
Downey said during the presentation. “It is widely acknowledged that as
more pressure is put on investment accounts, PBL will be the leveling
factor to keep operations and maintenance costs in check.”

The F-22 Raptor PBL Team won the System Level Award. Composed of
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Boeing, and Pratt & Whitney, along with the
U.S. Air Force, the team was honored for producing the highest readiness
rates in the program’s history.

Raytheon and the U.S, Navy were awarded the Sub-System Level Award for
the ALV-67(v)3 Radar Warning System. Awarded in 1999, the PBL contract has
avoided $29.6 million in costs to date, with an estimated future cost
avoidance of $33.1 million.

General Dynamics and the U.S. Army were awarded the Component Level
Award for the AN/TSQ 221 Tactical Airspace Integration System, an air
traffic control and battle command system. The PBL initiatives have
increased reliability and maintainability, reduced system downtime and
increased operational availability to the warfighter.

The awards were made during AIA’s Product Support Conference in Hilton
Head, South Carolina.

Founded in 1919, the Aerospace Industries Association represents the
nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and
business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, space systems,
aircraft engines, materiel, and related components, equipment services, and
information technology.

SOURCE Aerospace Industries Association

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