Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $789.6M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide sustainment and maintenance support for the combat management system of the service’s littoral combat ships.
The sole-source contract for the Littoral Combat Ship Component Based Total Ship System – 21st Century program has a base amount worth $98.6M and covers the development, test, integration and delivery of future combat system baseline updates for in-service ships, ship installation and checkout support, training and logistics product development, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business will also provide equipment procurement support, developmental and operational test, lifecycle supportability engineering, field technical support for combat platforms, fleet support for fielded baselines and hardware engineering services under the LCS COMBATSS-21 program.
Naval Sea Systems Command obligated $1.8M in operations and maintenance funds for fiscal year 2020 at the time of award and work will occur in New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado, Florida and other locations.
