The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $72 million contract to build 12 P-3C anti-surface warfare kits and to install eight previously procured kits into the long-range support aircraft, the Defense Department announced yesterday. Lockheed's Tactical Defense Systems, headquartered in Eagan, MN, will carry out the work. The award is a modification to an existing contract. The kits provide an enhanced sensor, command and control improvements, and weapons capability, according to a Navy fact sheet. The P-3 formed the backbone...
