U.S. Army awards Lockheed Martin nearly $9.7M contract work on system for tactical vehicles

SALINA, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a nearly $9.7 million contract to continue development of the terrestrial layer system (TLS) program for tactical vehicles.

The TLS program will provide the U.S. Army with “critical” situational awareness capabilities, Lockheed Martin said.

Lockheed Martin is a Bethesda, Maryland–based defense contractor. Its plants in Salina and Owego are both part of the firm’s rotary and mission systems (RMS) business area.

The contract for TLS phase 2 is valued at $9,672,781. Employees at Lockheed Martin facilities in Salina, Owego, and in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania will handle most of the work on this project, the company said.

Over the next three months, Lockheed Martin will finalize designs associated with key hardware and software elements based on experience gained in Phase 1 and soldier feedback. They will also conduct further operational analysis and demonstrate additional operational capabilities to the Army.

This ensures that Lockheed Martin will be able to immediately transition from the phase 2 activity to prototype production at the beginning of next phase, which will allow TLS to meet its schedule requirements.

The U.S. Army awarded the agreement through the consortium management group (CMG) consortium for command, control, and communications in cyberspace (C5), Lockheed Martin said.

The U.S. Army says TLS will play a “critical” role in working toward the service’s Army of 2028 vision. Designed for tactical vehicles, TLS will deliver an integrated suite of signals intelligence (SIGINT), electronic warfare, and cyberspace operations capabilities to enable the Joint All Domain Operational (JADO) capable force.

“On the battlefield, everything happens fluidly, and the tools of warfare need to be fully interoperable and integrated,” Deon Viergutz, VP of Lockheed Martin spectrum convergence, said. “As a result, Lockheed Martin has been investing millions in internal research and development dollars to fuse its research and development programs so our customers can collaborate using our products that work seamlessly in the field.”