Lockheed secures additional $1 billion CPS award

Lockheed secures additional $1 billion CPS award

Lockheed Martin has received a contract modification worth as much as $1 billion for continued work on Conventional Prompt Strike, the developing hypersonic missile system expected to arm the Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyers and later its Virginia-class submarines. According to a May 30 contract announcement, the award will fund “program management, engineering development, systems integration, long lead material, and special tooling and equipmen…

Lockheed Martin secures $1 billion contract to advance U.S. hypersonic weapon system

The contract, announced on 30 May 2025, includes funding for program management, technical development, systems integration, and the production of specialised tools and equipment. An initial $140 million will come from the U.S. Army’s research and development budget. In parallel, the U.S. Army is working on a ground-based variant of the CPS under the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) programme, also known as Dark Eagle. Both versions share key…