Article: NORWAY SELECTS BAZAN-LOCKHEED MARTIN TEAM FOR FRIGATES.

By Neil Baumgardner

After nine months of negotiations, Norway yesterday agreed to award a team led by Spain's Bazan and Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.2 billion contract for five frigates.

Last year, Norway selected the Bazan-Lockheed Martin team as the preferred supplier for the frigate program over rival bids from Germany's Blohm+Voss and Britain's BAE SYSTEMS (Defense Daily, May 14).

The decision to award the contract follows the recommendation of the chief of Norway's defense staff, Gen. Sigurd Frisvold.

"It's really a confirmation of the approach we've put together for breaking into international markets," Joseph Antinucci, the ...

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