Lockheed Martin Wins $124 Million Sonar System Contract

Lockheed Martin has won a $124 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the acoustic rapid commercial-off-the-shelf insertion (A-RCI) and common acoustics processing for Technology Insertion 12 (TI12) through Technology Insertion 14 (TI14) for the U.S. submarine fleet.

A-RCI is a sonar system that integrates and improves towed array, hull array, sphere array, and other ship sensor processing, through rapid insertion of commercial off-the-shelf based hardware and software.

Work is expected to be completed by December 2014.

Lockheed Martin has also won a $24 million contract for the production and support of AN/BQS-25 low-cost conformal arrays (LCCA).

The AN/BQS-25 LCCA is a passive planar array mounted on the aft submarine sail structure that is integrated with the Acoustic Rapid commercial-off-the-shelf insertion AN/BQQ-10 system to provide situational awareness and collision avoidance for improved tactical control in high density environments.

Work is expected to complete by March 2015.