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洛克希德獲得美國國防部9.68億美元的Patriot合同
2010-01-07
[據防務新聞網站2010年1月6日報導]美國國防部1月6日授予洛克希德•馬丁公司合同，主要內容為該公司將為國防部提供近260枚“愛國者”（ Patriot）防空導彈和相關的硬體，合同價值9.68億美元。
五角大樓表示，該固定價格的合同將包括253枚戰術導彈，5枚試驗導彈，20個發射器改裝套件，13台裝有發射解決方案的電腦和其他元件。
根據美國國防部公佈的消息稱，合同的近10億美元將用於美國，阿拉伯和臺灣部隊的愛國者先進性能系統的“基本導彈工具升級”上。同時，備件也將購買。
新合同的工作將在達拉斯；阿肯色州的卡姆登；德克薩斯州的拉夫金；美國麻塞諸塞州的Chelmsford和佛羅里達州的奧卡拉進行，五角大樓希望合同中的所有工作到2012年10月31日都能完成。(工業和資訊化部電子科學技術情報研究所 劉 娜)
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Lockheed Expects Steady 2010 Missile Defense Sales
By JOHN T. BENNETT
Published: 7 Jan 2010 14:45
Missile defense systems accounted for 10 percent of Lockheed Martin's total sales in 2009, and company executives expect that number to remain steady this year.
Even with a new Japanese government expected to buy systems associated with Lockheed-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles at a slower rate than initially planned, Mike Trotsky, vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems, said Jan. 7 he sees sales remaining constant in the new year.
The newly installed, and more liberal, regime in Japan hopes to implement a slate of bold social programs. That likely will force Japanese officials to squeeze the island nation's defense budget to free up funds - and the PAC-3 components could be a target.
Trotsky said Lockheed expects to continue supplying Tokyo with PAC-3 missiles and associated ground support components, but "we could make them at a lesser rate to support [Japan's] budget."
During a conference call with reporters, executives painted an upbeat outlook for international sales of the company's missiles and related components.
Along with the Japanese buy, Trotsky said he anticipates the United Arab Emirates could become "the first international customer" for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system during 2010 - or shortly thereafter.
Late last year, Taiwan became the fifth global buyer of the Patriot missile system. Lockheed officials expect "several other Patriot customers" that have not yet upgraded to the PAC-3 system to do so "within the next three to five years," Trotsky said.
As the company awaits those possible transactions, it will during 2010 continue crucial development work on the second generation of its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, dubbed the BMD 4.0.1.
The key component of the upgraded Aegis is its advanced integrated signal processor, which is designed to enhance the system's discrimination abilities, seen as key to taking down ever-more sophisticated ballistic missiles being developed by a number of potential U.S. foes.
Lisa Callahan, Lockheed Martin's vice president for Maritime BMD Programs, said that during 2010, the company will continue adding the 4.0.1 system to U.S. ships as each vessel undergoes modernization work.
John Holly, Lockheed's vice president of Missile Defense Systems, called Aegis "the shining star" of the defense giant's missile defense portfolio.
The Aegis program has proved highly profitable for Lockheed, and it stands to cash in further from the Obama administration's plans to make Aegis a bigger part of a future European missile shield.
Loren Thompson of the Arlington, Va.-based Lexington Institute wrote in a recent brief that "like Lockheed's continuously improved C-130 transport [plane], Aegis has become one of the longest running, most lucrative franchises in modern military history.
"The Navy has selected an upgraded version of the Aegis architecture as its main solution for future sea-based missile defense, and the [U.S.] Missile Defense Agency now is giving Aegis the nod for European land-based missile defense," Thompson wrote. "Lockheed's role could actually grow in the future, when the Navy conducts a competition to determine which company builds the next generation of Aegis missiles. ... Aegis looks likely to remain a key revenue generator for the Bethesda, Md.-based contractor."
In the meantime, Lockheed officials said during the call that they are moving ahead with efforts to capture another massive Pentagon missile defense contract.
Lockheed last year announced plans to knock Boeing from its longtime perch as the prime contractor of the Pentagon's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. That announcement followed the Defense Department signaling it would merge contracts for things like maintenance, operations and logistics support with one that covers ongoing development work.
The combined contract could total $600 million annually for five to 10 years. A solicitation for the GMD competition is expected in early 2010, with a contract slated for a year later.
Lockheed officials are currently "pulling together the right expertise from across the company," and working to bring industry teammates on board, Holly said.
The company believes it can "provide great value-add" by "leveraging [its] 30 years of experience" in the missile realm, he said.
Another Lockheed missile program, the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), is slated for its critical design review "this summer," Trotsky said. "Two-thirds of the activities" for that review "are complete," he added.
Work on the system is done and financed in the United States by Lockheed, MBDA in Italy, and by EADS in Germany.
And in other THAAD news, Trotsky said 2010 will be a year of more "ambitious" tests, including one featuring two targets. After that, plans call for "other flight tests against more stressful targets," he added.
Defense analysts have said the outlook for the missile defense market remains sound.
Pointing to missile programs in North Korea, Iran, Russia and China, Holly said, "the world is not a very safe world ... and it is incumbent upon us in industry to provide [the Pentagon] with the best capabilities."
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