PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has exercised a contract option for continued Lockheed Martin support for the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System.
The TTWCS is a critical system that integrates the launch hardware and software to provide weapon control for variants of the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile.
The option is valued at $13 million on an existing software development contract to sustain TTWCS. The total contract value could reach $50.2 million if the three remaining options are exercised.
"Over the decades, Lockheed Martin has worked closely with the Tomahawk Weapons System program office in the evolution of Tomahawk, often the first weapon employed when our nation goes to combat," said Jim Quinn, vice president of C4ISR Systems with Lockheed Martin's IS&GS-Defense.
"We will continue to apply our systems, software and hardware engineering expertise to ensure that Tomahawk remains a viable and responsive weapon system."
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will maintain and sustain TTWCS, one of three major components that comprise the Tomahawk Weapons System. It will provide software development, systems engineering, software and hardware deployment support needed to upgrade TTWCS, as well as any management required to continue system upgrades to address significant hardware, software and interoperability obsolescence issues.
The work will be performed at Lockheed's facility at Valley Forge, Pa.
