New Destroyer To Be Equipped With Aegis Combat Systems

The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., a contract for the installation of Aegis systems aboard a new South Korean destroyer, reports the Dept. of Defense.

The $40.6 million Foreign Military Sales deal covers combat systems engineering, installation and testing of a variant of the Aegis weapon system baseline seven, phase one, aboard the third destroyer of the Se Jong Daewan class (also known as the KDX-III...