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Lockheed Martin to provide 76 sonar signal processing systems for P-3 aircraft updates in $23.8 million contract
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 24 April 2011. Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) systems designers at the Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors (MS2) segment in Manassas, Va., will build and deliver 76 AN/USQ-78(V) sonar signal processing systems for the U.S. Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft under terms of a $23.8 million contract announced last week. Lockheed Martin experts will use technology developed under the Navy's Acoustic Rapid COTS Insertion (A-RCI) program to build acoustic processor and receiver technology refresh retrofit kits for the AN/USQ-78(V) acoustic processor in the P-3C update III program.