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Lockheed’s New $72.8 Million Deal For Army’s Integrated Intel, EW, Cyber Suite Includes AMPV Work

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 17th, 2023

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Lockheed’s New $72.8 Million Deal For Army’s Integrated Intel, EW, Cyber Suite Includes AMPV Work

BAE Systems delivered the first AMPV to the Army on August 31, 2020. Photo: BAE Systems.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received $72.8 million to continue work on the Army’s program to provide an integrated suite of signals intelligence, electronic warfare and cyber capabilities for brigade combat teams. While the Terrestrial Layer System Brigade Combat Team (TLS BCT) program has focused on providing the SIGINT, EW and cyber suite to Stryker vehicles, the new award initiates Lockheed Martin’s work to bring the capability to Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV). The Army’s Project Manager Electronic Warfare & Cyber (PM…

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