Friday, September 29, 2006
Lockhed Martin awarded IED defeat system contract
Military, Commerce
Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded on Wednesday a $19,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for production and delivery of up to 208 Symphony Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Jammer Systems to meet urgent Department of Defense (DoD) requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The Symphony IED Jammer System is a programmable, radio-frequency IED defeat system that is vehicle mounted. Vehicle mounted systems are one element of the DoD’s Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) program. Work will be performed in America and is expected to be completed by September 2007.
