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Navy Halts Lockheed Martin SSDS Award During Raytheon Protest

Friday, September 27th, 2019

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Navy Halts Lockheed Martin SSDS Award During Raytheon Protest

The future USS Tripoli (LHA-7) amphibious assault ship sailed in the Gulf of Mexico for four days during four days of builder’s sea trials in July 2019. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Navy issues a stay of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] win of the Navy’s Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) combat systems engineering contract while a Raytheon [RTN] protest proceeds. Last month, the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $56 million contract to become the SSDS Combat Systems Engineering Agent (CSEA). SSDS is a combat system that integrates sensors and weapons to defend non-Aegis supported ships like aircraft carriers and amphibious ships (Defense Daily. Aug. 15). Earlier this month, Raytheon lodged a protest with…

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