Hobart class
Air Warfare Destroyer (image : MConrads)
MOORESTOWN,
NJ –Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed computer program development and
testing for the HOBART class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), the Royal Australian
Navy’s Aegis-equipped ships. The computer programs have been approved by the
U.S. Navy.
Tests were
conducted over a two-week period at the Navy's land-based test facility, the
Vice Admiral James H. Doyle Combat Systems Engineering Development Site in New
Jersey.
"The
Aegis Weapon System enables navies around the world to protect their citizens
and their nations from continuously evolving threats,” said Doug Wilhelm,
director of international Aegis programs for Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems
& Sensors business. “We look forward to working with the U.S and allied
navies to continue to provide proven anti-air warfare capability on a global
scale.”
The HOBART
class will be capable of simultaneous operations in a multi-warfare
environment, including anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine and naval gunfire
support roles.
Lockheed Martin
is a leader in combat systems integration and the development of integrated air
and missile defense systems and technologies. Manufacturing work for this
program will occur in Moorestown, N.J.
In addition
to the U.S. and Australian navies, Aegis is also the weapon system for the
navies of Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea and Spain. The 100
Aegis-equipped ships in service around the globe have more than 1,250 years of
at-sea operational experience and have launched more than 3,800 missiles in tests
and real-world operations.
Headquartered
in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company
that employs about 123,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales
for 2011 were $46.5 billion.
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