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Raytheon Protests Lockheed Martin’s SSDS Navy Contract

Monday, September 9th, 2019

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Raytheon Protests Lockheed Martin’s SSDS Navy Contract

Sailors operate a rigid-hull inflatable boat during training from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Hanson/Released)

Last week Raytheon [RTN] filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) against Lockheed Martin [LMT] winning the Navy’s Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) combat systems engineering contract. The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin the $56 million contract for the SSDS work last month. The award will make the company the next SSDS Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) The SSDS is a combat system that integrates sensors and weapons to defend non-Aegis supported ships like carriers and amphibious ships (Defense Daily, Aug.…

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