Army enters OTA with Lockheed Martin for next phase of Terrestrial Layer System

The Army has entered into an other transaction authority with Lockheed Martin for the prototype build and demonstration phase of the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade, the service announced Tuesday. The agreement totals $36.7 million.

TLS-EAB is an “extended-range, terrestrial sensing, collection and electronic attack system” that includes multiple capabilities such as cyber, electromagnetic warfare and signals intelligence, according to the Army announcement. The system provides situational awareness, survivability, critical asset protection and lethal and non-lethal effects for multidomain operations.

In the first phase of the terrestrial layer system’s development, the Army conducted technical reviews of the system, which included soldier touchpoints. The second phase will involve the advancing of prototypes from design and lab-based demonstrations “to a tangible form factor able to be tested in a relevant environment,” according to the service.

The Project Manager for Electronic Warfare and Cyber plans to equip the first unit with the terrestrial layer system in fiscal year 2025.