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Pentagon Contract Announcement

May. 02, 2023
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued April 28, 2023)

-- Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $615,958,506 modification (P00005) to contract W31P4Q-23-C-0006 for production of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems.

Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Archbald, Pennsylvania; Camden, Arkansas; York, Pennsylvania; Palm Bay, Florida; Brownsboro, Alabama; Boca Raton, Florida; Whippany, New Jersey; Clearwater, Florida; Dallas, Texas; and Jackson, Mississippi, with an estimated completion date of May 30, 2026.

Fiscal operation and maintenance, Recovery Act funds in the amount of $207,921,658 were obligated at the time of the award.

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

 

-- Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $64,448,906 modification (PZ0008) to contract W31P4Q-22-C-0047 for production of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems.

Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Archbald, Pennsylvania; Camden, Arkansas; Palm Bay, Florida; York, Pennsylvania; Brownsboro, Alabama; Boca Raton, Florida; Clearwater, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Whippany, New Jersey; and Jackson, Mississippi, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2025.

Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Recovery Act funds in the amount of $64,448,906 were obligated at the time of the award.

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

 

-- Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $194,121,470 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and fixed-price-incentive) contract to recapitalize Multiple Launch Rocket Systems into the M270A2 configuration.

Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Camden, Arkansas; Grand Prairie, Texas; and New Boston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2027.

Fiscal 2023 missile procurement, Army funds; fiscal 2022 Foreign Military Sales (United Kingdom); and fiscal 2023 Foreign Military Sales (Italy) funds in the amount of $194,121,470 were obligated at the time of the award.

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-23-C-0032).

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US Army Awards Lockheed Martin $615M Production Contract for Domestic and International HIMARS

May. 02, 2023
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued April 28, 2023)

DALLAS --– The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $615 million full-rate production contract to manufacture additional HIMARS launchers and associated equipment.

Lockheed Martin builds HIMARS at its Precision Fires Center of Excellence in Camden, Arkansas. This procurement will expand the U.S. Army’s fleet of launchers and fulfill orders from international partners bringing additional precision fires capability to our customers.

"We are working closely with our customer and suppliers to ramp production capacity and meet the urgent need for this combat-proven launcher,” said Jay Price, vice president of Precision Fires for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “We’ve taken steps to shorten manufacturing lead time and we’re on track to meet increased capacity.”

The award follows contracts last year to ramp production capacity and for expedited HIMARS production.

“The increased demand for our Precision Fires products, like HIMARS and GMLRS, demonstrates the significant impact these game changing capabilities are having for our customers,” said Paula Hartley, vice president of Tactical Missiles for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “We are proud to partner with the Army as they move forward with unprecedented speed and agility to meet the urgent need and deliver these systems.”

HIMARS provides unmatched long-range mobile firepower in support of Joint All-Domain Operations. A lightweight mobile launcher transportable by C-130 and larger aircraft for rapid deployment, HIMARS fires GMLRS rockets, ATACMS missiles, the next-generation Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) and Extended-Range GMLRS rockets. HIMARS consists of a loader launcher module and fire control system mounted on a five-ton truck chassis. A specialized armored cab provides additional protection to crew members that operate the system.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 116,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

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