U.S. Naval Institute
The Missile Defense Agency issued Lockheed Martin a sole source contract worth up to $2.97 billion to upgrade the Aegis ballistic missile defense combat system, according to a Tuesday Pentagon contract announcement.
Lockheed’s Rotary and Mission Systems business in Moorestown, New Jersey, will do the work for the Combat System Engineering Agent award for the next 10 years, the announcement reads.
The Aegis ballistic missile defense combat system is on the Navy’s guided-missile destroyers and guided-missile cruisers. The contract for the software upgrades covers both types of surface ships, the Aegis system for Guam, the Ashore systems in Poland and Romania and the hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor, according to the contract announcement.
