Teledyne Subsidiary Wins U.S. Navy Missile-Launcher Contract

A Teledyne Technologies Inc. subsidiary last week won an $18 million contract to build missile modules for the U.S. Navy.Teledyne Brown Engineering, based in Knoxville, Tenn., will build four surface-to-surface missile module units for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships. Manufacturing, assembly and testing will occur at the company’s facility in Huntsville, Ala.The surface-to-surface missile module fires Longbow Hellfire missiles equipped with a millimeter wave radar seeker. Littoral Combat Ships are used for defense against swarming fast-attack craft, counter-piracy, maritime interdiction and security missions.The contract was awarded by Virginia-based defense prime contractor Northrop Grumman, which will work with the Navy to validate Teledyne’s missile system using specific software and emulators.This is Teledyne’s second award to build the surface-to-surface weapons hardware. The first began in 2019.Teledyne Brown President Jan Hess said in a statement she was “pleased to announce the continuation of our collaboration with Northrop Grumman to deliver state-of-the-art enhancements to our nation’s military.”Teledyne, headquartered in Thousand Oaks, also manufactures the Gun Mission Module, a complimentary piece of hardware on Naval Littoral ships.