The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $25 million contract for three mission modules for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, the company said yesterday.
The contract calls on Northrop Grumman to deliver two surface warfare modules and one for mine counter measures.
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| The Navy is developing three swappable mission packages for LCS. Photo by Lockheed Martin. |
The Navy is developing three separate and swappable mission modules for the LCS program. The third is for anti-submarine warfare. Northrop Grumman is the mission package integrator.
“I continue to be impressed with the Northrop Grumman-led teams’ performance as they deliver high quality mission modules on cost and schedule,” Capt. John Ailes, the LCS mission module program manager, said in a statement released by the company.
The surface warfare modules are expected to hit initial operational capability in 2014, with the MCM packaged scheduled for 2016, although Navy officials have said that timeframe could slide. The anti-sub package’s IOC is set at 2017.
Northrop Grumman said it has delivered two surface warfare mission modules and one MCM module, with the second and third currently in production.