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Lockheed Martin awarded $733M Army sensor contract

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U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Horton, an airborne target surveillance supervisor with Army JSTARS, monitors tracking information from an operator work station aboard an E-8C Joint STARS during a mission in the Boars Nest 2015 exercise, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Aug. 20, 2015. The 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, hosted the eighth annual Boars Nest Large Force Exercise bringing together more than 20 joint-force units and 55 different aircraft for aircrew training in a realistic land and maritime threat environment. Crews flying the E-8C Joint STARS manned platform, used their unique battle management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, integrated with other Air National Guard, Air Force, Navy, and Marine aircraft, to complete maritime and land-based missions during the exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released) (Portions of photo blurred for security purposes)

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $733 million Army task order.

The Sensor Systems-Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SS-AISR) task order is part of the Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) R2-3G indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.

“Lockheed Martin will support the ACC-APG to modernize sensor equipment and platforms that support AISR data collection, air- and ground-based processing, exploitation and dissemination for missions worldwide,” according to a company news release.

Lockheed Martin will train airborne sensor operators, mechanics and analysts. The contract comprises one base year and two one-year options.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.