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Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin Contracted For Long-Range Munitions Production

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] has been contracted by the National Warheads Energetics Consortium to transition to the production of the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP). A Lockheed Martin rendering of LRLAP. The LRLAPs are designed to fire from the Navy’s newest Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers in support of shore-based Marines. The National Warheads Energetics Consortium consists of more than 170 companies and academic institutions and works closely with the Pentagon Ordnance Technology Consortium. The NWEC award Lockheed Martin an $18-million contract.…

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