Land Warfare
Lockheed Martin receives DARPA OpFires award
Lockheed Martin has received a $31.9 million contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the Operational Fires Integrated Weapon System Phase 3 programme.
The contract was announced by the US Department of Defense on 10 January.
DARPA's Operational Fires Integrated Weapon System Phase 3 programme will enable capabilities for a mobile, ground-launched tactical weapon delivery system capable of carrying a variety of payloads a variety of ranges.
Work will run through to January 2021.
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