{"id":49719,"date":"2023-04-19T15:46:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/19\/lockheed-to-outfit-electronic-warfare-kit-on-strykers-plan-for-ampvs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:34:21","slug":"lockheed-to-outfit-electronic-warfare-kit-on-strykers-plan-for-ampvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2023\/04\/19\/lockheed-to-outfit-electronic-warfare-kit-on-strykers-plan-for-ampvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed to fit electronic warfare kit on Strykers, plan for AMPVs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army tapped Lockheed Martin to fit a combined cyber, electronic warfare and signals intelligence system on Stryker combat vehicles and come up with a plan for doing so on the new troop-carrying Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nearly $73 million order, announced this month by the Army Project Manager for Electronic Warfare and Cyber<\/a>, calls for Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team technologies, or TLS-BCT, installed on Strykers, made by General Dynamics, and \u201cinitiates the system design\u201d for mounting onto AMPVs, made by BAE Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TLS-BCT system, developed by Lockheed, is one of several Army initiatives to reinvigorate its EW capabilities. It\u2019s meant to provide soldiers with increased situational awareness by sensing what\u2019s on the battlefield and beefing up options to disrupt or dismantle faraway networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern warfare often revolves around control of the electromagnetic spectrum<\/a> for weapons guidance, allied communication and enemy identification and suppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\t