Lockheed Martin‘s Sippican business has received a $139 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for Stinger missile fuze/warhead body assemblies.
The Department of Defense said Thursday that contract work is expected to run through Nov. 30, 2027, with work locations and funding to be determined with each order.
In April 2021, Sippican was awarded a $92.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of M934E6 Stinger fuze/warhead body assemblies and M934E7 Stinger proximity fuze warhead body assemblies. The Lockheed business was the sole bidder for the contract.
The Army and Marine Corps use the Stinger missile system to defend ground forces and critical assets against lowlevel cruise missile, fixed or rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aircraft system attack or observation. Proximity fuze was added to the Stinger missile to increase its lethality against small and medium UAS.
Aside from manufacturing missile fuzes, Sippican produces guidance and control systems used by the U.S. Navy’s heavyweight torpedoes. It secured a two-year, $56.8 million contract modification in November 2019 for the said work.
