NIKE TURNS TO DEFENSE CONTRACTOR FOR INFO. TECHNOLOGY AID

          Nike will hire MD-based Lockheed Martin to "perform all
     of its information technology work," including management of
     computer networks and business ops, as well as telecom and
     Internet services, according to Peter Behr of the WASHINGTON
     POST.  Terms were not disclosed, but industry analysts
     "speculated that it could be worth" $30-50M annually "over
     the contract's five-year period."   To win the contract,
     Lockheed Martin "pledged to create a new technology center
     near" Nike HQs in Beaverton, OR, and hire 180 "key Nike
     technology personnel."  All the Lockheed Martin work will be
     done on the west coast (WASHINGTON POST, 3/10).