Herley to support LM on MH-60R deal

LANCASTER, Pa., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has contracted Herley Industries Inc. to support a contract with the U.S. Navy for MH-60R helicopter advanced electronic technologies.

Pennsylvania-based Herley says its New England division in Massachusetts will supply Lockheed Martin Systems Integration with switch filter assemblies to support an electronic measures system on the Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter.

Officials say the contract for the switch filter assemblies is worth approximately $1.3 million.

Lockheed Martin is the prime air weapons systems integrator for the MH-60R, a helicopter used by the Navy for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare missions along with rescue and logistics support, among other applications.

Lockheed Martin contracted Herley to support its deal with the Navy for the integration of electronic systems for the MH-60R helicopters.

"We are very pleased that Herley New England continues to support Lockheed Martin on this important long-term program," Myron Levy, Herley chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.