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Friday, January 16, 2009

Lockheed Martin Receives $6.3 Million Contract to Support MK 41 Vertical Launching System for U.S. and Turkish Navies

Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiserLockheed Martin recently received a $6.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide engineering support services for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) work on the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser modernization program and the Turkish navy’s MEKO Track IIA and IIB frigates.

The latest MK 41 VLS baseline VII launch control system combines commercial off-the-shelf technologies and open architecture software elements. Originally designed by Lockheed Martin in the early 1980s, MK 41 VLS has gone through numerous system upgrades and baseline improvements to introduce new capabilities, integrate new missiles and lower the total cost of ownership.

“The MK 41 is the world’s most reliable below-deck, multi-mission naval missile launching system with a launch success rate of more than 99 percent,” said Dan Schultz, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Integrated Defense Technologies line of business.

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1 comment:

  1. Joe Katzman17/1/09 22:07

    The actual contract was announced by DefenseLINK on Nov 20/08. Confirmed from a Lockheed source.

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