Lockheed Lands $99.6M Navy Contract for Missile Development

Lockheed Martin has secured a five-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform design and development studies, conduct technology demonstrations and provide engineering services to support the rapid development of several missile systems.

IDIQ Contract Scope

The Department of Defense said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will also support the continuous modification and integration of the Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile, Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, Long Range Anti-Ship Missile and Hellfire baseline weapon systems into the Navy’s tactical aircraft platforms.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California, will obligate funds upon issuance of individual orders under the cost-plus-fixed-fee IDIQ contract.

Work will occur in Orlando, Florida, through February 2030.

Presolicitation Notice

According to a presolicitation notice issued in November 2023, modifications to the weapons systems could include the integration of line of sight/non-line of sight technologies for seekers, tube-launched unmanned aircraft systems, multimode seekers, autonomous weapons employment and precision targeting and aircraft/weapons integration.

Tasks under the IDIQ contract include technology insertion efforts, product improvement initiatives, transition activities, integration of various warfare systems, mission architecture, mission analysis, participation in concept of operations development, military utility analysis and additional traditional engineering analysis and studies as they relate to the weapons systems.

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