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Lockheed Wins $1.96 Billion Saudi MMSC DD&C Contract

Lockheed Wins $1.96 Billion Saudi MMSC DD&C Contract
Graphic model of the Saudi Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC). (Image: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] won a $1.96 billion modification for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of four Multi Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) ships for Saudi Arabia. The MMSC is based on the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship built at subcontractor Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s shipyard in Wisconsin. The December 20 MMSC award is part of a larger memorandum of intent the U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed in 2017 covering almost $110 billion in foreign military sales over 10 years (Defense Daily, May…

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