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Lockheed Martin Beats Out GD To Continue Developing Army’s New Long-Range EW Capability

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

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Lockheed Martin Beats Out GD To Continue Developing Army’s New Long-Range EW Capability

A new Electronic Warfare Tactical Vehicle (EWTV) takes part in test exercises 16 January 2018 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. (Photo by Mark Schauer, U.S. Army)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] beat out General Dynamics Mission Systems [GD] to continue on the Army’s program to develop a new long-range electronic warfare (EW) capability, the service said on Tuesday. The Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $36.7 million deal to work for the next 21 months on the second phase of the Terrestrial Layer System–Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB) program, which will include building physical prototypes of the system. "Phase 2 advances the prototype from design and lab-based demonstrations to a…

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