BETHESDA (dpa-AFX) - Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) announced that the U.S. Navy awarded the company a $1.05 billion, five-year contract to provide more than 200 digital cockpits and integrated mission systems and sensors for the Navy MH-60R 'Romeo' and MH-60S 'Sierra' helicopters.
The company said that the new multi-year contract includes 162 cockpits, integrated missions systems and sensors for MH-60R 'Romeo,' an anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare helicopter. It also funds 62 digital cockpits to complete the Navy's program of record for Sierra aircraft, used for ship-to-ship cargo resupply, search and rescue, and close-in defense of Navy ships.
Lockheed Martin said that it provides the digital cockpit common to the MH-60R and MH-60S, and integrates the mission systems and sensors aboard the MH-60R helicopter in Owego, N.Y.
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