The Remote Interceptor Guidance – 360 (RIG-360) completed the first phase of the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) program. This is a critical milestone as the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and PEO Missiles and Space, Integrated Fires and Mission Command (IFMC) team work together to deliver the first RIG-360 units to the field.
“RIG-360 is a game-changing capability,” said Stu Chaffey, director of Integrated Air and Missile Defense Advanced Programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “RIG-360’s capabilities will allow soldiers to use the best weapon available on the Integrated Battle Command System (ICBS) Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN) to eliminate incoming threats.”
The RIG-360 team completed the first Array Assembly officially moving the RIG-360 EMD program into the second phase. The Array Assembly is one of three critical subsystems in the EMD program. The Array Assembly is the most complex subsystem and acts as the communications hub for the RIG-360 that can send, receive and translate radio frequency data for beacon tracking. RIG-360 is a missile communications device that enables 360-degree, in-flight communications for the Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 (PAC-3) Family of Missiles within the IBCS. RIG-360 will support PAC-3 engagements and advances IAMD goals of pairing any sensor with the best available weapon system within the U.S. Army’s modern IAMD architecture.
IFMC awarded the RIG-360 program a $114M definitized contract on May 9, 2025, another big milestone for the new program. This award reinforces IFMC’s commitment and support of the program. Lockheed Martin is currently building a dedicated RIG-360 EMD production facility in Grand Prairie, Texas. This facility features state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing tools and centralizes personnel, process and equipment to drive speed, efficiency and innovation. The facility is expected to be completed in late 2026.
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American defense and aerospace manufacturer. It is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The company was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta on March 15, 1995. Lockheed Martin operates 4 divisions: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, which includes Skunk Works, the F-35 Lightning II, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the F-22 Raptor; Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, which includes the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, the Precision Strike Missile, the AGM-158 JASSM, the AGM-158C LRASM, the AGM-114 Hellfire, the Apache fire-control system, the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod, Infrared search and track, and support services for special forces; Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, which includes Sikorsky Aircraft such as the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk, Sikorsky VH-92 Patriot, Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, and Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, the Aegis Combat System, Littoral combat ships, Freedom-class littoral combat ships, River-class destroyers, and the C2BMC missile defense program; and Lockheed Martin Space, which includes the UGM-133 Trident II ballistic missile, the Orion spacecraft, the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared, GPS Block III, hypersonic weapons and transport layer programs and the Ground-Based Interceptor.
