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Lockheed Martin-Proposed Common Electronic Warfare System for U.S. Navy Surface Fleet Successful During Sea Testing

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

July 23, 2008

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SYRACUSE, N.Y., July 23 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)’s
Integrated Common Electronics Warfare System (ICEWS) — a single enterprise
solution designed to scale across all ship classes in the U.S. Navy’s
surface fleet — performed successfully during a series of just-completed
demonstrations conducted by the Navy.

The at-sea demonstration of ICEWS, held beginning in June, followed
recent land-based testing and further validates the enterprise approach
that Lockheed Martin has taken in developing sensor systems for U.S. Navy
vessels.

Lockheed Martin’s ICEWS electronic warfare (EW) solution will compete
for the upcoming Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP)
Block 2 contract award for the Navy’s next generation upgrade to the
AN/SLQ-32 (V) Electronic Support Measures system. SEWIP Block 2 will
upgrade the receiver and antenna capabilities, as well as the combat system
interface, of the legacy surface EW system.

Lockheed Martin’s ICEWS was specifically designed to provide a sensors
capability upgrade, as well as built-in system commonality, to the
AN/SLQ-32 (V) system. The modular ICEWS — which will use common
electronics across the enterprise system — will provide the Navy with the
latest surface EW capabilities, as well as enhanced agility to upgrade
technology as it becomes available to address changing and emerging
threats. ICEWS will also provide proven cost savings and ease of
maintenance through the use of COTS components.

Lockheed Martin’s scalable enterprise approach to ICEWS is based on the
company’s Rapid Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Insertion program, which
has been used successfully on EW and sonar system upgrades on all classes
of U.S. Navy submarines.

“The Lockheed Martin team brings its experience as the premier
enterprise submarine electronic warfare provider to the challenge of
developing a similar approach for surface electronic warfare,” observed
Carl Bannar, vice president for Lockheed Martin’s Syracuse, NY-based Radar
Systems business. “We will provide a highly capable, modular solution that
uses open systems architecture.”

EW refers to the use and denial of use of the electromagnetic spectrum
by a broad range of electronic technologies, including active and passive
systems.

Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2007
sales of $41.9 billion.

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