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Army Taps GD Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin To Develop New Long-Range EW Capability

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 18th, 2022

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Army Taps GD Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin To Develop New Long-Range EW Capability

A new Electronic Warfare Tactical Vehicle (EWTV) takes part in test exercises 16 January 2018 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. (Photo by Mark Schauer, U.S. Army)

The Army said Thursday it has awarded a pair of deals to General Dynamics Mission Systems [GD] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] to begin work developing a new long-range electronic warfare (EW) capability. The two companies were selected for the first phase of the Terrestrial Layer System–Echelons Above Brigade (TLS EAB) program, expected to be worth around $15 million, while the Army noted the overall value of the prototype program could total $163 million. Ken Strayer, the Army’s project manager for…

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