GRANTEE:                   Lockheed Martin

ADDRESS:                  9500 Godwin Dr.

                             Manassas, VA 20110

AMOUNT:                    $3,000,000

DURATION:                January 5, 2004 - January 5, 2007 (36 months)

POPULATION SERVED:  This project is committing to serve 1,000 incumbent workers at Lockheed Martin in the specific high technology areas of system architecture, system engineering, software engineering, computer science, and program management. 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:  This project will focus on the need of Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors (MS2) which operates in eight different states (VA, FL, NY, NJ, MI, CA, MD, OH).  Employees from each state will have the opportunity to participate in this training.  Trainees are encouraged to achieve a graduate degree in System/Software Engineering or Computer Science.  Trainees will also be able to take non-certificate courses and/or graduate courses to advance into senior technical positions.  The training will be in the form of 25 different classroom based courses, three customized online courses, and 1,000 other online courses. 

Lockheed Martin will provide $1,619,776 match in the form of employee salaries as well as dedicated training facilities, materials and support for the project.  CyberLearning is providing $1,238,000 match in the form of discounted courses and The National Education Foundation is providing $400,000 match in the form of discounted online Information Technology (IT) courses.  Total match is $3,257,776.

The project’s three goals are 1) increase the wages/salaries of already employed trainees, 2) increases in the number of trainees completing coursework for certifications in System Architecture and Project Management, and 3) increases in the number of graduate degrees in Engineering and Computer Science.  Two hundred trainees will achieve graduate degrees and 300 will be in process by the end of the grant.

Participants much have a bachelor’s degree to participate in the training and will be selected by the management team based upon their performance and current job responsibilities.  Selected employees will have strong performance records and will have been identified as high-potential employees.

KEY PARTICIPANTS:  Lockheed Martin, CyberLearning, The National Education Foundation, YnotLearn, The Training Depot, Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University, Pennsylvania State University, George Mason University, Stevens Institute, Information Technology Association of America, Northern Virginia Technology Council, Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board.

MEDIA CONTACT:    Edward Lewis

                             (703) 367-3104