Lockheed Praised at Pentagon for Naval Ballistic-Missile Defense
- Contractor performing well on Aegis system, agency head says
- Praise amid questions on latest F-35 glitch, GPS III delays
The Lockheed Martin Corp. facility stands in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. may be taking heat at the Pentagon over glitches and delays in other billion-dollar programs, but its performance on the U.S.’s primary naval missile-defense program is winning praise behind the scenes.
Lockheed, the No. 1 U.S. defense contractor, has performed “very well” in managing cost, schedule and performance for both the current and improved versions of its Aegis system that’s intended to shoot down ballistic missiles, Air Force Lieutenant General Sam Greaves, director of the Missile Defense Agency, wrote in a memo for Pentagon acquisition officials before they met this month with Lockheed executives.