The United States Navy has secured an order with Willard Marine for the delivery of five additional new-generation 11-meter-long rigid inflatable boats (RIBs). This order serves as the Navy exercising options on a 2014 contract that called for an initial delivery of 10 RIBs.
In June 2015, the German Federal Ministry of Defense announced that they have chosen Lockheed Martin’s Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) as the foundation for Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem (TLVS), a next-generation network-based tactical air and missile defense system. MEADS will be used to replace Patriot air defense systems which were initially fielded in the 1980s. Lockheed Martin will share in development of Germany’s TLVS with its MEADS International partner MBDA Deutschland.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a $3.35 billion contract for the detailed design and construction of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy. The contract work calls for ship construction, ship design activities, engineering services, procurement of aviation materials and hardware to support construction and logistics activities.
In cooperation with the U.S. Navy, the Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI), Japan’s Ministry of Defense, and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced the successful completion of a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA flight test.
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $24.2 million contract from the United States Navy for the production of Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR). This award stands as the third order of the 2013 ELGTR contract which calls for Lockheed Martin to deliver ELGTRs, associated technical data, and refurbish U.S. government shipping containers. ELGTR is a cost-effective alternative to using operational laser guided bombs (LGB) during training.
