{"id":44569,"date":"2018-06-28T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/28\/heres-whats-in-lockheeds-latest-aegis-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:33","slug":"heres-whats-in-lockheeds-latest-aegis-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/06\/28\/heres-whats-in-lockheeds-latest-aegis-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what\u2019s in Lockheed\u2019s latest Aegis contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 The U.S. Defense Department announced June 25 that Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $78 million contract for test-site operation and maintenance of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system at the company\u2019s Rotary and Mission Systems facility in Moorestown, New Jersey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract covers \u201ctechnical engineering, configuration management, associated equipment and supplies, quality assurance, information assurance and other operation and maintenance efforts\u201d for Lockheed\u2019s combat systems engineering development site, SPY-1A radar test facility and naval systems computing center, according to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract also accounts for upgrades to test sites for Aegis facilities that will be used to modernize Ticonderoga- and Arleigh Burke-class ships through the completion of Advanced Capability Build 20 and Technology Insertion 16, or ACB-20\/TI-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\t