Submarine combat system lab to be opened by Lockheed Martin in Australia
NewsSeptember 29, 2015
CANBERRA, Australia. Lockheed Martin Australia officials plan to open a submarine combat system laboratory in Mawson Lakes in November of this year to help support their pursuit of the Royal Australian navy's Future Submarine project SEA 1000 Phase 1. An expanded Phase 2 with a secure area is expected to open in the third quarter of next year.
The laboratory will have a reconfigurable submarine command center for testing and validating the Royal Australian navy’s concept of operations in a simulated operational environment. It will also have computer processing with reconfigurable hardware and collaboration space for integrating other technologies to Australian submarines.
“The philosophy we’ve adapted as the U.S. Navy’s submarine combat system integrator is one of an open business model based on the premise that no one company has all the answers,” says Raydon Gates. “The laboratory is all about risk reduction. It gives us the flexibility to work with the SEA 1000 hull designers and combat subsystem providers in every step of the process. It’s a proven methodology that also reduces development costs and ensures continued interoperability with an affordable, disciplined plan for sustainment.”
Lockheed Martin personnel will work with experts at Saab Australia and Thales Australia & New Zealand in this initiative.
