By Lia Timson
Lockheed Martin, (click here) missile maker, aerospace giant and defence contractor, wants the world to know it for something else: IT.
The $US33 billion company, already the US Government's second largest IT provider, is ready to compete with IBM and other "tier 1" technology vendors in bidding for more humble projects.
After announcing an engineering hub in Melbourne in September, the company wants Australia to be the launch pad for deals in Asia Pacific, where it has a small, but developing presence.
"We're well on our way to 450 [people] by 2015-2016, we have over 200 in Melbourne right now and some additional resources with the Victoria government," Lockheed Martin vice president, Australian Programs, Julie Dunlap told Fairfax Media.
Canberra-based Dunlap heads the company's Information Services & Global Solutions (ISGS) division in Australia. Globally, ISGS is one of five and the second largest revenue contributor to its coffers - $US8.5 billion in 2013, behind aeronautics....
