News Review: Upgraded Mk92 FCS for Turkish FFGs | ADM Apr 2009

1 April 2009

The US Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to upgrade the MK 92 Fire Control System on Turkey's FFG-7 frigates.

The system upgrade will support the introduction of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), providing enhanced self-protection capabilities for this class of surface warships.

This sale follows the RAN's recent upgrade of its four FFG frigates, including the enhanced Mk92 Mod12 FCS to handle the ESSM.

Lockheed Martin's MK 92 system provides integrated X-band radar surveillance, target tracking and weapon fire control capability for naval gun and missile systems.

Under the new Turkish contract, Lockheed Martin will design, develop and integrate modifications necessary to support the new missile capability.

"The MK 92 upgrade represents the first US Navy-sponsored sale of our solid-state continuous wave illumination transmitter to support ESSM deployment by navies around the world," said Stan Ozga, Lockheed Martin's director for Naval Radar Programs.

"Building on our successes with systems already in use by Norway and Australia, Lockheed Martin will deliver, with this latest variant, a major improvement to the guided missile frigate anti-air warfare capability and continue more than two decades of support to the operational needs of the Turkish Navy."