Lockheed Martin will start work on multimission combatant ship for Saudi Arabia
NewsJuly 23, 2018
WASHINGTON. U.S. Government officials awarded Lockheed Martin an Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) for the production of the Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The contract calls for four MMSCs and totals an estimated $450 million.
Under contract, engineers will design and plan four MMSCs that will be built at Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. The Lockheed Martin-led team is comprised of shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine, naval architect Gibbs & Cox, and more than 800 suppliers in 42 states.
MMSC utilizes the COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System, built from the Aegis Combat System Common Source Library, enabling anti-air and anti-surface capabilities in a small surface combatant platform. With proven combat management system lineage, Lockheed Martin's MMSC has the interoperability necessary for today's joint and allied naval force maneuvers.
