Lockheed Martin to Provide US Navy with AEGIS Combat System Support

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12:38 PM, January 3, 2019
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Aegis Combat System

Lockheed Martin has won a $28 million United States (US) Navy contract for AEGIS Combat System Support.

The contract includes AEGIS Baseline 9 Integration and Delivery, TI-08 CG Upgrade, AEGIS Baseline 9 Capability Development, Capability Improvements, Baseline 9 Sea Based Non-Cooperative Target Recognition Development and Radar Engineering, US Department of Defense said in a statement Wednesday.

Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey and is expected to be complete by July 2019.

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