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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1998                                                                                                                       (202) 616-2765

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UNISYS, LOCKHEED MARTIN PAY U.S. $3.15 MILLION 

TO SETTLE DISPUTE ON INFLATED SPARE PARTS SALES




	WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice announced
today that Unisys Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation
will pay the United States $3.15 million to settle allegations
that Unisys sold spare parts at inflated prices to the Department
of Commerce for the NEXRAD Doppler Radar System.  Lockheed Martin
succeeded Unisys on the contract between Commerce and Unisys for
the NEXRAD system.  

	Assistant Attorney General Frank W. Hunger, in charge of the
Civil Division, said the settlement resolves allegations that
Unisys knew that prices it paid Concurrent Computer Corporation
for the spare parts were inflated when it passed on those prices
to the government.  Unisys had obtained price discounts from
Concurrent on other items Unisys was purchasing from Concurrent
at Unisys' own expense in exchange for agreeing to pay Concurrent
the inflated prices.

	The NEXRAD System is used by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration to probe weather fronts and provide
information on storm circulation.

	Separately, the United States sued Concurrent December 19,
1997, in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, charging
the company violated the False Claims Act.  The suit alleged that
Concurrent told the government that it did not discount spare
parts, when, in fact, Concurrent had previously offered and
granted discounts to Unisys for spare parts Unisys purchased from
Concurrent at Unisys' own expense.  The Concurrent suit is
scheduled for trial later this summer.

	Under the False Claims Act, Concurrent is liable for triple
damages plus a $5,000 to $10,000 civil penalty for each false
claim or statement, less what the United States received from
Unisys and Lockheed in this settlement.   

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