Lockheed Martin has secured a $9,672,781 Army Project Agreement to continue developing the Terrestrial Layer System (TLS) program for the branch’s tactical vehicles.
The action via the Army’s Consortium Management Group (CMG)/Consortium for Command, Control, and Communications in Cyberspace (C5) details TLS would play a role in realizing the service’s Army of 2028 vision. TLS provides signals intelligence (SIGINT), electronic warfare, and cyberspace operations capabilities enabling the Joint All Domain Operational (JADO) capable force.
“On the battlefield, everything happens fluidly, and the tools of warfare need to be fully interoperable and integrated,” Deon Viergutz, Lockheed Martin Spectrum Convergence vice president, said. “As a result, Lockheed Martin has been investing millions in internal research and development dollars to fuse its research and development programs so our customers can collaborate using our products that work seamlessly in the field.”
Per the agreement, the scope of work for TLS Phase 2 over the next three months will involve Lockheed Martin finalizing designs affiliated with hardware and software elements based on Phase 1 results and soldier feedback, conducting expanded operational analysis, and demonstrating additional operational capabilities.
Lockheed Martin is expected to transition from the Phase 2 activity to prototype production at the beginning of the next phase – enabling TLS to meet schedule requirements.