Lockheed Martin to modernize Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System
Philadelphia, 14 March, 2012. The system that integrates the launch hardware and software to provide weapon control for the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is being upgraded by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]. As a member of the Tomahawk Weapons Control System Development Activity in partnership with the U.S. Navy Labs, Lockheed Martin is upgrading the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS). TTWCS provides firing units the ability to prepare, control, and launch Tomahawk missiles and is one of three components that comprise the Tomahawk Weapons System. After a five year design, development and test program, the Program Executive Office, Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation, and PMA-280, Tomahawk Weapons System, authorized fleet release of the latest TTWCS system upgrade.
This TTWCS hardware and software upgrade provides improvements for specific mission and launch timelines. The team is also implementing new processors that reduce run-times for several applications. It also serves as a stepping stone to the next upgrade scheduled in 2015. As part of an incremental approach, the present TTWCS upgrade will be installed on surface platforms only: Ticonderoga Class Cruisers (CG) and Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers (DDG).
Lockheed Martin has supported the TTWCS program since being awarded the initial development contract in 1999. As part of the Tomahawk System Development Activity, Lockheed Martin, together with Navy labs in Dahlgren, Va., Newport, R.I., and Port Hueneme, Calif., helps maintain current fleet released products and develops new products that address emerging fleet priorities.
