Lockheed Martin wins three new DoD naval contracts including on Littoral Combat Ships
The Littoral Combat Ship Kingsville. (Photo: US Navy/Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathen Parsons)
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced that three new contracts totalling more than US$140 million for various naval projects have been awarded to Lockheed Martin.
The first contract, worth almost $100 million, covers design and development studies, technology demonstrations and engineering services for rapid technology development.
That development work will modify the Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile, Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, and Hellfire baseline weapon systems.
The contract will also licence Lockheed to provide services for integration of the listed weapons systems into tactical aircraft platforms for the US Navy (USN).
The work will be undertaken in
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