The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin $57.3 million under an existing contract for Aegis combat system engineering, installation and integration on new U.S. Navy destroyers, as well as for upgrades aboard Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers already in service.

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As the U.S. Navy's combat system engineering agent for Aegis, Lockheed Martin is responsible for the installation and test of all combat system elements on Aegis-equipped ships in the U.S. Navy, as well as those in Japan, Spain, Norway and Korea.

The Aegis Weapon System is a naval surface weapon system that integrates the AN/SPY-1D(V) radar, the Mk 41 vertical launching system and a family of U.S. Navy missiles with its own command and control system. Aegis also is at the heart of the U.S. Navy's sea-based missile defense system, which was one of the earliest operationally deployed components of the nation's layered network of defenses against cruise and ballistic missile attack.

Currently, Aegis Weapon Systems are installed on 76 cruisers, destroyers and frigates. Plans are under way to install the system on more than 25 additional U.S. and international destroyers and frigates.