Lockheed Martin has secured a $320 million Missile Defense Agency contract to continue the Ballistic Missile Defense System’s (BMDS) progression.
The effort would focus on the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system.
“The critical mission of missile defense requires a full view of incoming threats, actionable options for commanders and the ability to decisively and effectively respond,” JD Hammond, Lockheed Martin vice president of C4ISR Systems at Lockheed Martin, said. “C2BMC continues to showcase the benefits of a layered, cross-domain defense that can help protect the U.S. and allies from increasing security concerns around the world.”
C2BMC has provided commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels an integrated picture of potential or current threats across the globe since 2004. Through the system, commanders can make coordinated decisions about the most effective way to engage ballistic missile threats at any range in any phase of flight.
The scope of work calls for Lockheed Martin to integrate the Long-Range Discrimination Radar, as well as sensors providing advanced tracking capabilities for emerging threats, using an agile development process.
Lockheed Martin will also be responsible for bolstering C2BMC’s threat characterization, tracking, and advanced threat warning capabilities through integration with both new and enhanced sensor capabilities.