The U.S. Navy has announced that it has awarded Lockheed Martin a $73.9 million contract to procure and deliver Indra Rigel radar electronic countermeasure systems for four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) ships being built for Saudi Arabia…
The procurement of the Rigel radar electronic countermeasure systems will be funded through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) financing for Saudi Arabia.
Work under the contract is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2031 as part of the overall procurement program.
The Rigel system is an electronic support measures (ESM) suite that detects and analyzes radar signals from other vessels to identify and classify potential threats.
The four MMSC ships are designed as derivatives of the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).
The MMSC is 118 meters long, can reach speeds of more than 30 knots and has a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 kilometers).
The platforms are equipped with an eight-cell Mk 41 vertical launch system for MBDA Sea Ceptor air defense missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, a BAE Systems Mk 110 57mm gun and a Raytheon SeaRAM system.
The MMSC uses Lockheed Martin’s COMBATSS-21 combat management system, which is based on the Aegis Common Source Library…