U.S. Navy frigates will be equipped with Lockheed Martin's combat management system
NewsAugust 24, 2016
MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin engineers will equip U.S. Navy frigates with the company?s combat management system, the COMBATSS-21. The contract, for the U.S. Navy's frigate ship program, spans over five years and is worth up to an estimated $79.5 million.
Engineers built the COMBATSS-21 from the Aegis Common Source Library (CSL) and it is a derivation of the Aegis Baseline 9 software. Officials say, ships using a CSL-based combat system can incorporate new sensors, weapons, and capability upgrades to keep pace with evolving threats.
Rich Calabrese, director of Mission Systems at Lockheed Martin, says, “We can build capability, get it into the CSL and then deploy it in a ship class when the Navy determines the need.”
COMBATSS-21 will bring commonality across the fleet of surface combatants. Using the CSL enhances life-cycle affordability and delivers an open system architecture increasing interoperability across the fleet, Calabrese adds.
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