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Navy/USMC

No Second Batch of LRIP for Lockheed Martin’s Remote Minehunting System

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

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No Second Batch of LRIP for Lockheed Martin’s Remote Minehunting System

The Remote Minehunting System built by Lockheed Martin. Photo: Navy

After reviewing the recommendations of the independent team charged with assessing the Remote Minehunting System (RMS) program, the Navy has decided not to move forward with a second round of low rate initial production, essentially keeping the fate of a key asset in the Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) mine countermeasures mission package in limbo, sources involved with the program told Defense Daily.Instead, the Navy’s preferred path forward is for RMS manufacturer Lockheed Martin [LMT] to upgrade its existing systems in…

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