LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES CONTRACT INCREASE FOR AEGIS WEAPON SYSTEM MK 7 SHIP SETS
WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, of Moorestown, New Jersey, has been awarded an $81,712,989 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-14-C-5114, from the United States Navy, to provide multi-year procurement funding for Aegis Weapon System (AWS) MK 7 ship sets and associated special tooling and special test equipment.
The AWS represents the core of the Aegis Combat System and is comprised of the SPY-1D(V) radar system with the Multi-Mission Signal Processor, Command and Decision System MK 2, Weapons Control System MK 8, Missile Fire Control System MK 99, Operational Readiness and Test System MK 9, Aegis Display System MK 2, Aegis computer programs, Aegis Combat Training System MK 50, and logistic support system.
Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey (85.5 percent); Clearwater, Florida (13.1 percent); and Akron, Ohio (1.4 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2021.
Fiscal 2015 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $81,712,989 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.