Lockheed hired to provide NY subway security system

New York City's transportation authority has hired Lockheed Martin, the US defence contractor, to build a security network for its subway system, a move meant to protect the largest US public transport network against a terror attack.

The announcement of the $212m contract comes three years after New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority was awarded $591m in federal funds to upgrade its security system. Since then, terrorists have killed commuters in Madrid and London, but the MTA has spent only a fraction of the security funds, mostly on information campaigns.

source: FT.com