Lockheed Wins $45 Million Award for Continued Cross Domain Software Support
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Bob Brewin
The “Radiant Mercury” system is used to sanitize and share classified information across a variety of security domains.
The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin a new $45 million contract for its “Radiant Mercury” system, which is used to sanitize and share classified information — including, purportedly, classified satellite imagery — across a variety of security domains.
Developed as a Navy project in 1992 and installed on command ships and carriers, the cross-domain software is now used by operational commands, such as the Pacific and Central Commands, as well as the intelligence community.
Radiant Mercury “is a critical component of network-centric warfare, supporting joint operations and allied and coalition forces worldwide,” the fiscal 2015 Defense budget stated. “The ability to pass sensitive and critical data across security domains and to our allied and coalition partners in a timely fashion can only be met by accredited CDS systems such as RM.”