Deals this week: Lockheed Martin, Harris, ECA Group

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has secured a $41.95m-worth contract modification from the US Naval Sea Systems Command for the production of TB-37 multi-function towed array (MFTA) production units up to September 2019.

The deal also covers MFTA accessories, shipping products, and engineering services.

The contracted MFTA units will be delivered to the Navy and Japan under a foreign military sales contract.

Harris Corporation has won contracts from The Boeing Company to supply sonobuoy launchers for installation onto the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft of the US Navy.

The scope of the supply includes lightweight single-shot and rotary launchers, which are capable of deploying up to ten sonobuoys each.

ECA Group has been awarded a deal to supply A9-M autonomous underwater vehicles to an undisclosed NATO naval force.

The A9-M underwater vehicles have been designed in accordance with Nato Navy standards, and will provide the naval forces with underwater target detection and classification capabilities.

The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a contract modification worth roughly $15.16m to the EDO Corporation for the procurement of BRU-75A and BRU-76A bomb rack unit ship sets through February 2022.

EDO will supply up to 17 BRU-75A and BRU-76A units for the US Navy and the UK and Australian Governments as part of the arrangement.

Raytheon Company has agreed to supply hardware kits for the upgrade of the US Navy’s Phalanx close-in-weapon-systems (CIWS) under a new contract modification valued $12.55m.

The deal was awarded by the US Naval Sea Systems Command, are deliveries are scheduled to be completed in March 2019.

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Image: Harris has been selected to supply sonobuoy launchers for P-8A maritime patrol aircraft. Photo: Courtesy of Harris Corporation.