The surface Navy and Lockheed Martin’s MS2 business unit, longtime prime contractor for the Aegis combat system on board Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke–class destroyers,
will start next year to field an advanced Aegis program, designated Advanced Capability Build 12 (ACB-12). Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon are awaiting the start of a competition for a new air-missile-defense radar (AMDR) planned for the Flight III Burke program, which now is expected to start with DDG-121 or DDG-122.
The ACB-12 consolidates long-range/high-altitude ballistic-missile defense (BMD), the SQQ-89(v) integrated undersea-warfare system, and the Raytheon-developed RIM-174 SM-6 extended-range active air-defense missile.
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