Lockheed wins $7.9M contract to support missile control system

Lockheed Martin has won a $7.9 million contract with the Navy to provide software development support to the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System.

The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System provides firing units the ability to prepare, control and launch Tomahawk missiles, Lockheed Martin said on its website.

Under the contract, the company will provide system engineering, software, hardware deployment and support, and management efforts required to field the system, the Defense Department said in a release.

Work will take place in King of Prussia, Penn., and is expected to be completed in November 2017.