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Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin Upgrading Navy’s SEWIP

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

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The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $57 million contract to upgrade electronic warfare defenses against anti-ship missiles, the company said yesterday. Lockheed Martin is tasked with upgrading the AN/SLQ-32(V)2 electronic warfare system deployed on aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and other surface combatants and is designed to alert sailors if potential adversaries are using sensors to track their ship. The contract covers low-rate production for Block 2 of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP). "The SEWIP block 2…

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