US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $88.6M Radiant Mercury Contract to Secure Classified Data Transfers

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with an $88.6 million ceiling for the Radiant Mercury cross-domain information-sharing programme. The cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement covers system production, installation, management, maintenance, modernisation and sustainment, together with security authorisation, logistics and training support. Radiant Mercury enables controlled information transfers between different security domains for Navy and other government users. Its ordering period runs from October 20, 2026, through October 19, 2029, with a $50,000 minimum guarantee and individual task orders determining funding, locations and performance schedules under Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific oversight.