Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins $8.4 million Air Force contract

SALI NA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in the town of Salina has been awarded an $8.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar Rapid Prototyping Program.

This pact provides for the development of an interface to the Air Force Control and Reporting Center’s AN/TYQ-23A system, according to a March 26 contract announcement from the U.S. Defense Department.

The Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems unit will perform work on this contract at its Salina facility, with an expected completion date of March 23, 2023. Fiscal-year 2020 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the full contract amount are being obligated at the time of award, per the contract announcement. This deal also includes options for production and fielding of 35 radars. 

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts is the contracting authority.