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U.S. Navy warship sensor deal could reach $1.7 billion
Options could lift the contract to $1.7 billion as Lockheed Martin continues building the Navy’s main shipboard electronic warfare system.
- The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $209 million contract modification on September 30 to continue producing the SLQ-32 electronic warfare system, with options potentially worth up to $1.7 billion cumulatively through September 2029.
- Known as the "Slick-32," the SLQ-32 serves as the Navy's main shipboard electronic warfare system for decades, with the 6 version developed under the SEWIP Block 2 program to detect enemy radar and radio signals.
- Funding allocates about $129.5 million, or 62 percent, for equipment on ships under construction, while $78.5 million supports upgrades to vessels already in service and about $1 million funds research and development.
- Lockheed Martin will perform 78 percent of work at its Rotary and Mission Systems site in Liverpool, New York, near Syracuse, while the remaining 22 percent occurs in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
- Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington oversees the contract, while the broader SEWIP Block 3 program is already developing active electronic attack capabilities to jam incoming threats.
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U.S. Navy warship sensor deal could reach $1.7 billion
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $209 million contract modification to keep building the AN/SLQ-32(V)6, the electronic warfare system that warns U.S. Navy surface ships of incoming anti-ship missiles and the radars guiding them. The U.S. Department of War announced the award, made Sept. 30. The modification includes options that, if exercised, would […]
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The US Navy is committing $208.96 million for new SEWIP Block 2, while the remaining $1.708 billion is subject to options. The article The US orders new SEWIP Block 2 electronic warfare systems for its fleet appeared first on FLIGHT.
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