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Lockheed Martin Nabs Navy Contract Worth Up To $1.1 Billion To Design Integrated Combat System

Lockheed Martin Nabs Navy Contract Worth Up To $1.1 Billion To Design Integrated Combat System
Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), front left, America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), front center, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), front right, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG -3), middle left, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65), middle center, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54), middle right, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG-111), back left, and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), back right, as they sail in formation during the biennial field training exercise Valiant Shield 2022 in the Philippine Sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Thaddeus Berry)

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $23 million contract on Sept. 28 for systems engineering and software integration for the Integrated Combat System (ICS), but the award could ultimately be worth over $1 billion. The ICS is the Navy’s planned combat management system of systems to implement a unified combat environment across all surface ships. This would make it easier to move sailors from one ship to another, without having to be trained on sometimes significantly different hardware and…

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