SALINA — The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $31.7 million contract for additional sonar-detection systems.
That’s according to a list of contracts posted this week on the website of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
Lockheed’s mission systems and training unit in Salina will handle two-thirds of the work, while company locations in Millersville, Md. and Marion, Mass. will work on the remaining parts of the contract.
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The Navy expects to complete the work in July 2016.
The contract represents a modification to a contract the Navy previously awarded for the production of nine multi-function towed array (MFTA), described as “the next generation passive and active sonar receiver,” on the DOD website.
The TB-37/U MFTA “significantly” contributes to the capability of surface ships to detect, localize, and prosecute undersea threats and is a critical sensor to a combat systems suite, according to the DOD website.
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