Lockheed Countermissile Contract Value Tops $1.6 Billion
On Wednesday, the Department of Defense awardedLockheed Martin its second contract so far this month, for work related to Northrop Grumman's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System, or LAIRCM.
On April 4, the U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed $7.3 million to incorporate LAIRCM "NexGen Sensors" onto its HC/MC-130J special operations transport aircraft. Now, USAF is adding on a further $9.2 million in the form of a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable contract to supply LAIRCM countermeasures "kits" for installation on its similar C-130J transport.
Work on this instant contract should be complete by March 31, 2015. In total, the funds awarded to Lockheed under the LAIRCM program have now topped $1.62 billion.
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