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PARIS, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) currently in the U.S. Navy fleet, two more in production and two others under contract, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is leveraging experience gained through the LCS program to offer a Multi-Mission Combatant for navies worldwide. The Multi-Mission Combatant is an agile, modular vessel capable of speeds in excess of 40 knots. It provides the power of a larger platform with a smaller crew, similar to the core...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a contract totaling $57.8 million to overhaul and upgrade nine Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems, and manufacture two SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense systems. The agreement also includes the purchase of 20 radar upgrade kits. "Raytheon tailors our ship self-defense systems to meet our customers' requirements," said Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Naval Weapon...

MARINETTE, Wis., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's third Littoral Combat Ship, USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), successfully completed its U.S. Navy acceptance trials and will be delivered to the Navy this summer. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120507/NE02332 ) Fort Worth is the second surface combatant designed and built by a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led industry team. The trials, conducted in Lake Michigan from April 30 to May 4, included a four-hour full-power run...

FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Informational Systems a contract to design and build the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV) system. The system will initially be a part of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Warfare mission package. The contract has a maximum potential value of $86.7 million for one Engineering Development Model (EDM) and five low-rate initial production...

MARINETTE, Wis., Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led industry team has begun construction on the nation's fifth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) at Marinette Marine. The team plans to deliver LCS 5, the future USS Milwaukee, to the U.S. Navy in 2014. The industry team recently received approval for full production of LCS 5 after finishing a successful review with the Navy that demonstrated the team's ability to begin construction based on production readiness criteria...

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy announced the successful launch and recovery of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) carrying the Raytheon-developed AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar. The launch and recovery was the first demonstration of the unmanned, remotely-operated RMMV deployed from the USS Independence (LCS 2) while underway. AN/AQS-20A is a critical element of the U.S. Navy's mine countermeasure capability and the only minehunting sonar sensor developed,...

FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a contract by Austal USA to be the Platform Systems Engineering Agent (PSEA) of the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). The initial contract award is for one ship, with nine additional ships in the following five years. The work on the initial contract will be performed through 2014. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General...

EUFAULA, Ala., Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- JKM Manufacturing, Inc., announced today it has been awarded a $2.2 million contract to supply cable assemblies to Raytheon Company in Louisville, Ky. The cables are components in the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System and the SeaRAM Defense System. All work on the cables will be done in Eufaula, AL. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101103/NE94154 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101103/NE94154 ) "This is a significant...

TUCSON, Ariz., May 24, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) SeaRAM Anti-ship Missile Defense System completed two blast test vehicle launches aboard the USS Independence (LCS 2). Designed to validate the structural integrity of both the weapon system and the ship, the launches clear the way for SeaRAM's live-fire testing on LCS 2 later this year. "SeaRAM met all test objectives and demonstrated the system's critical at-sea firing capabilities," said Al Steichen, Raytheon's...

MARINETTE, Wis., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Marinette Marine Corporation, a member of the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) industry team, recently broke ground for an expansion to nearly double the size of its main indoor ship construction building -- an investment to support the construction of the U.S. Navy's LCS. The expansion will provide enough indoor space to simultaneously house two complete LCS hulls and parts for two additional ships. The building...