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Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin Nabs $56 Million Ship Self-Defense System Contract

Thursday, August 15th, 2019

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Lockheed Martin Nabs $56 Million Ship Self-Defense System Contract

Sailors operate a rigid-hull inflatable boat during training from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Hanson/Released)

The Navy on Thursday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $56 million combat system engineering support contract over two other bidders for the Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS). The SDSS is a combat system integrates sensors and weapons to defend various non-Aegis supported ships like carriers and amphibious ship classes. The Navy said the contract was competitively procured with three offers received, but did not disclose the other two vendors. Raytheon [RTN] is the prime contractor and systems integrator for the SDSS…

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