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Army Funds Lockheed Demonstration of C-RAM System

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Friday, March 14th, 2008

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] said March 6 it received an $8.6 million Science and Technology contract from the Army Research and Development Command (RDECOM) Missiles and Aviation Research and Development Center (AMRDEC) to demonstrate a Counter Rockets, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) interceptor system. Work on the contract will be completed by November. The demonstration is part of an AMRDEC effort to develop and demonstrate critical counter-fire technologies, bridging the gap between existing C-RAM capabilities and its overall objective extended area air…

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