IITSEC 2013: Lockheed Martin demonstrates affordability in training cycle
Lockheed Martin is adapting to the constrained fiscal environment in the US by showing that money can be saved during the training process.
‘Right now the Department of Defense and the customer want us to show what we can do to be more affordable,’ Vic Torla, director business development training solutions at Lockheed Martin, explained to Shephard. ‘But that can mean a lot of different things to different people.’
Torla said it was not difficult to quantify training outcomes and to identify affordable opportunities across the training spectrum. Lockheed Martin has looked at every level of training right
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