Lockheed Martin, as prime contractor leading a consortium of five major defence contractors, has been awarded a follow-on contract with an estimated value of $980 million to continue work on the command, control, battle management and communications programme for the Missile Defense Agency. The contractors, known as the Missile Defense National Team, will continue development, operations and sustainment work.

Lockheed Martin has been competitively awarded one of five operations support (OPS) services indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts from the US General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) in support of the Department of Defense’s Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). The anticipated period of performance is two years with three optional one year periods and an estimated cost ceiling of $900 million.

“Lockheed Martin is proud to continue our dedication to the JIEDDO mission, deploying highly-qualified personnel to serve as critical enablers for the warfighter’s operations to identify and defeat the enemy networks employing IEDs against us and our Allies,” said Bob Kramer, Lockheed Martin IS&GS-Defense Vice President for Operational Systems & Services.