Lockheed Martin to add services to Royal Mail program

Lockheed Martin UK announced Monday that it will provide additional address recognition services to Royal Mail as an extension of the current Address Interpretation program.

Under the extended contract, Lockheed will provide the address recognition services for 20 Flats Sorting Machines and also develop, deploy and support new FSM recognition solutions to enable the machines to interact with Royal Mail’s latest hardware and operating systems.

The technology serves to decipher printed or handwritten addresses and exemplifies Royal Mail’s ongoing modernization strategy.

Lockheed provides Integrated Recognition Platform technology to postal authorities worldwide.