Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant awarded nearly $7.7 million contract modification for electronic-warfare system

SALINA — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems’ Salina plant was awarded an almost $7.7 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the design, prototyping, and qualification testing for the AN/BLQ-10 electronic-warfare system technical insertion-20 for the U.S. Navy.

Work will be performed at the Salina facility and is expected to be completed by February 2021, according to an Oct. 29 U.S. Defense Department contract announcement. 

Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation funding for the U.S. Navy, totaling $7,659,000, will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year, per the Defense Department. 

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. is the contracting authority.