Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday said it has received a $72 million contract from shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] to supply the C4ISR system for the eighth and final Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC).
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will deliver a command and control network, operations center consoles and bridge displays, the Airbus GroupTRS-3D air surveillance radar, electro-optic and infrared sensors, surface search radars, automatic identification system, integrated communications to include fleet broadband commercial satellite and military satellite communications, global maritime distress and safety system, entertainment video, and distributed equipment related to the entire C4ISR system.
NSC 8, the future Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, is expected to be delivered to the Coast Guard in 2019. Next week, HII is expected to deliver the fifth NSC, the James, to the Coast Guard.
Lockheed Martin is the supplier for the C4ISR systems on all the NSCs.
“The NSC’s C4ISR system integrates data from navigation sensors, communications links and tactical systems to provide an operational picture of its patrol area that enables the U.S. Coast Guard to successfully conduct their many missions,” Ed Segrest, program manager for Communications and Security Technologies at Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Training segment, said in a statement. “The system provides the underway crew with the most current maritime data and tactical picture for effective decision making and safety in maritime operations.”