Lockheed Martin has received an $184 million contract modification to exercise options
for full rate production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement
Program Block 2 systems, the company announced on 11 February.
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will continue providing and upgrading the AN/SLQ-32 systems on US aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and other warships.
The company received an initial $148.9 million full rate production
of SEWIP Block 2 systems contract in 2016 with four additional option
years to upgrade the fleet's EW capabilities.
SEWIP Block 2 will expand upon the receiver/antenna group necessary
to keep capabilities current with the pace of the threat and to yield
improved system integration.