U.S. Navy selects Lockheed Martin Syracuse for $147 million contract to upgrade ship defenses

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin's suburban Syracuse plant a contract worth $147 million to upgrade its electronic warfare defenses against threats such as anti-ship missiles.

The contract is at least the second that the plant at Electronics Park in Salina has received to produce Block 2 of the Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Program, or SEWIP.

In April 2013, Lockheed received an initial $57 million contract to upgrade the fleet's electronic warfare defenses on ships that included the USS Bainbridge, a guided-missile destroyer.

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