Lockheed Martin wins $58.9M contract supporting electronic warfare program

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has won a potentially $ 58.9 million contract to support the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 1B3 systems

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has won a potentially $ 58.9 million contract to support the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program  Block 1B3 systems

This contract has a base value of $8 million.

SEWIP is an acquisition program to upgrade the existing AN/SLQ-32(V) electronic warfare system through a modular, open-system approach.

SEWIP provides enhanced shipboard electronic warfare for early detection, analysis, threat warning and protection from anti-ship missiles, the Defense Department said in a release.

Work will be performed in Liverpool, N.Y., and Landsdale, Penn., and is expected to be completed January 2017.

Three companies bid on this contract.