Lockheed Martin has secured a $211.7 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to provide maintenance and sustainment services to two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, batteries in the United Arab Emirates. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that the requirement was solicited from Lockheed Martin Space as the only known source capable of meeting the requirements.
The Missile Defense Agency at Huntsville, Alabama, serves as the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin to Repair THAAD Batteries for MDA
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will be responsible for logistics management, hardware and software development and sustainment, missile and ground repair and return, engineering, and training. The effort benefits the government of UAE, a foreign military sales customer.
The deal modifies a contract awarded to Lockheed Martin Space in 2021. It brings the total cost of the THAAD maintenance and repair effort from $517.8 million to $729.6 million.
Work on the THAAD batteries will be performed at multiple sites within the United States, including in Sunnyvale, California, where Lockheed Martin Space maintains a development and manufacturing plant.
The anticipated period of performance is two years, ending on Oct. 31, 2027.
In 2022, the Department of State approved a request from the UAE government to purchase 96 THAAD missile rounds and four launch control and tactical operations terminals for $2.2 billion.
What is THAAD?
Produced by Lockheed Martin, THAAD is a combat-proven defense system capable of intercepting short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats.
The company recently secured a follow-on contract worth $2.8 billion from MDA to continue the development of THAAD. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers initial fielding, cybersecurity engineering, obsolescence surveillance and mitigation, logistics support, and training services.
