Lockheed Martin Receives $25.7 Million THAAD Field Support Contract
UNITED STATES - 22 APRIL 2010
DALLAS, TX, April 22nd, 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with initial funding of $25.7 million, to provide support for the U.S. Armys fielding of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System. The IDIQ contract consists of a four-year basic contract with five additional one-year options. The total maximum contract value is $435 million through 2019.
Lockheed Martin will initially support the Army during the THAAD Limited User Testing (LUT), a key step toward release of the THAAD system to the Warfighter. Additionally, Lockheed Martin will provide life cycle support for the THAAD system, including maintenance, supply support, product assurance and training. A team comprised of onsite field service representatives will work alongside the Warfighter to ensure THAADs operational readiness.
We are pleased to continue our partnership with the Missile Defense Agency and the Army, ensuring our products perform reliably whenever needed, said Tom McGrath, vice president and program manager for THAAD at Lockheed Martin. Our integrated approach to logistics support puts Lockheed Martin shoulder to shoulder with the Warfighter, no matter where the system may be deployed.
The first THAAD Battery (A-4 Battery) was activated at Fort Bliss, TX, in May 2008. Soldiers from the battery recently completed the Force Development Exercise and will operate the THAAD system during LUT beginning this month.
In October 2009, the U.S. Army activated the second THAAD Battery (A-2 Battery) also at Fort Bliss. Unit training for this Battery will begin in May 2010.
THAAD is the only missile defense system with the operational flexibility to intercept in both the endo- and exo-atmospheres. Since 2005 the program has conducted 10 successful flight tests, including six successful intercepts of both unitary and separating targets achieving 100 percent mission success. Additional testing is scheduled this year and will continue through 2011.
A key element of the nations Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), THAAD is a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) program, with the program office located in Huntsville, AL. The Agency is developing the BMDS to defend the United States, its deployed forces, friends and allies against ballistic missiles of all ranges and in all phases of flight.
Source: Lockheed Martin
The THAAD System (USA):
The THAAD interceptor uses hit-to-kill technology to destroy targets, and is the only weapon system that engages threat ballistic missiles at both endo- and exo-atmospheric altitudes. The "kill vehicle" uses an infrared (thermal) imaging seeker, built by BAE Systems, to detect and track the targeted warhead at the terminal phase, when the THAAD is homing in for a 'Hit to Kill' maneuver. The kill vehicle maintains maneuverability using the Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) supplied by from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR). The system provided roll control of the missile during booster flyout and maneuver of the kill vehicle using small, liquid-fueled thrusters that allow the interceptor to alter direction and attitude.
Another key element in the system is the phased array radar, developed by Raytheon IDS. The THAAD radar is capable of search, threat detection, classification, discrimination and precision tracking at extremely long ranges. This radar acquires the target, discriminates the lethal object from other debris, provides track and discrimination data to the fire control which engages the target and initializes the launch sequence. Target acquisition and tracking are also performed by the interceptor's seeker, through the terminal phase of the flight. The system communicated with the in-flight THAAD interceptor providing target updates during the flight.
PMRF is the world's largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air, and space operations simultaneously.
UNITED STATES - 22 APRIL 2010
DALLAS, TX, April 22nd, 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with initial funding of $25.7 million, to provide support for the U.S. Armys fielding of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System. The IDIQ contract consists of a four-year basic contract with five additional one-year options. The total maximum contract value is $435 million through 2019.
Lockheed Martin will initially support the Army during the THAAD Limited User Testing (LUT), a key step toward release of the THAAD system to the Warfighter. Additionally, Lockheed Martin will provide life cycle support for the THAAD system, including maintenance, supply support, product assurance and training. A team comprised of onsite field service representatives will work alongside the Warfighter to ensure THAADs operational readiness.
We are pleased to continue our partnership with the Missile Defense Agency and the Army, ensuring our products perform reliably whenever needed, said Tom McGrath, vice president and program manager for THAAD at Lockheed Martin. Our integrated approach to logistics support puts Lockheed Martin shoulder to shoulder with the Warfighter, no matter where the system may be deployed.
The first THAAD Battery (A-4 Battery) was activated at Fort Bliss, TX, in May 2008. Soldiers from the battery recently completed the Force Development Exercise and will operate the THAAD system during LUT beginning this month.
In October 2009, the U.S. Army activated the second THAAD Battery (A-2 Battery) also at Fort Bliss. Unit training for this Battery will begin in May 2010.
THAAD is the only missile defense system with the operational flexibility to intercept in both the endo- and exo-atmospheres. Since 2005 the program has conducted 10 successful flight tests, including six successful intercepts of both unitary and separating targets achieving 100 percent mission success. Additional testing is scheduled this year and will continue through 2011.
A key element of the nations Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), THAAD is a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) program, with the program office located in Huntsville, AL. The Agency is developing the BMDS to defend the United States, its deployed forces, friends and allies against ballistic missiles of all ranges and in all phases of flight.
Source: Lockheed Martin
The THAAD System (USA):
The THAAD interceptor uses hit-to-kill technology to destroy targets, and is the only weapon system that engages threat ballistic missiles at both endo- and exo-atmospheric altitudes. The "kill vehicle" uses an infrared (thermal) imaging seeker, built by BAE Systems, to detect and track the targeted warhead at the terminal phase, when the THAAD is homing in for a 'Hit to Kill' maneuver. The kill vehicle maintains maneuverability using the Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) supplied by from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR). The system provided roll control of the missile during booster flyout and maneuver of the kill vehicle using small, liquid-fueled thrusters that allow the interceptor to alter direction and attitude.
Another key element in the system is the phased array radar, developed by Raytheon IDS. The THAAD radar is capable of search, threat detection, classification, discrimination and precision tracking at extremely long ranges. This radar acquires the target, discriminates the lethal object from other debris, provides track and discrimination data to the fire control which engages the target and initializes the launch sequence. Target acquisition and tracking are also performed by the interceptor's seeker, through the terminal phase of the flight. The system communicated with the in-flight THAAD interceptor providing target updates during the flight.
PMRF is the world's largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air, and space operations simultaneously.
