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Lockheed Martin Announces Stand-in Attack Weapon Award

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 7th, 2022

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Lockheed Martin Announces Stand-in Attack Weapon Award

Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, fly over the North Sea on April 14 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a contract for the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW), the company said on June 7. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman [NOC], Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and L3Harris [LHX] have been competing for SiAW, which is to operate in anti-access/area denial environments to strike mobile targets, including enemy missile launchers, GPS jammers, anti-satellite systems, and integrated air defense systems. The Air Force requested nearly $78 million in procurement for 42 SiAWs in fiscal 2023. Each…

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