Lockheed Martin’s Radar Sensor Systems market segment has been awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman worth over $600 million for multi-year production (MYP) of 24 additional APY-9 radars for the U.S. Navy’s E-2D aircraft program. It’s also known as the Advanced Hawkeye program, the Bethesda, MD-based company announced July 25.
The APY-9 radar
program is nearing completion of a current five-year production contract in
2020, and this new award calls for another five years of production – with
deliveries spanning from 2021 to 2025. The latest radar order will include
Lockheed Martin’s new Advanced Radar Processor.
“We’re excited
to have the opportunity to continue producing APY-9 radars for the Navy’s use
on its Advanced Hawkeye aircraft and to continue supporting our customers with
performance upgrades on a regular basis,” Ken Kaminski, Airborne & National
Surveillance Radar program director, said.
The APY-9 radar
is an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) surveillance system that provides both
mechanical and electronic scanning capabilities designed to “see” smaller
targets – and more of them – at a greater range, particularly in coastal
regions and over land.
“The team has
performed extremely well to date in terms of delivering all of our APY-9
systems on or ahead of schedule,” Kaminski said.
Production work is performed at Lockheed Martin sites in Syracuse and Owego, New York, and Clearwater, Florida.
Source: Lockheed Martin
By Loren Blinde
July 29, 2019
