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Lockheed Martin Receives Sustainment Contract for Navy MUOS

Lockheed Martin Receives Sustainment Contract for Navy MUOS
An artist rendering of a U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite in space. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $112.7 million cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) space segment sustainment, the service said on March 25. MUOS is a narrowband military satellite communications system comprising five geosynchronous satellites and four geographically dispersed relay ground stations that provide net-centric communications capabilities while supporting legacy terminals. In October 2019, the MOUS was deemed ready for full operational use. General Dynamics [GD] is the ground segment provider. Work will primarily be performed in…

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