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Lockheed Martin has assisted the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in a series of ballistic missile defense tests in the Atlantic Ocean during the Formidable Shield 2017 naval exercise that involved eight NATO member nations. Formidable Shield aimed to showcase interoperability between NATO allies using the organization’s command-and-control reporting structures …

Lockheed Martin has collaborated with an alliance composed of Australia’s defense department, Raytheon‘s Australian subsidiary, ASC Shipbuilding and Navantia to conduct a five-week sea acceptance trial for a Hobart-class air warfare destroyer. The Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance and Lockheed jointly tested Australia’s future HMAS destroyer to verify the ship platform and determine if the vessel could support the …

Lockheed Martin will integrate a new Aegis baseline system onto the destroyers ships operated by the U.S. Navy, Japan and South Korea under a $490 million contract awarded on Friday. The company said Monday it will equip the ships with the latest version of the combat system called Aegis Baseline 9 as well as …

A Lockheed Martin-built baseline for the Aegis Combat System has received certification from the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency for integration with the Navy’s destroyers. Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis programs at Lockheed Martin, said Monday the Baseline 9.C1 works to help the Aegis combat platform carry out ballistic …

Lockheed Martin has opened a new innovation center for the research and development of technologies for the U.S. Navy in a push to continue work on new products for the branch. The Surface Navy Innovation Center will serve as a research, development and demonstration facility for industry, government and academia researchers to develop new combat …

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated an Aegis combat system in a series of three tests for Standard Missile-6 long-range engagement. The Baseline 9 air and missile defense system onboard the USS John Paul Jones worked to identify and destroy targets during the over-the-horizon tests, Lockheed Martin said …

Lockheed Martin‘s mission systems and training unit will open a new facility later this year in Moorestown, N.J. to develop surface warfare combat systems, Seapower Magazine reported Friday.  Richard Burgess writes that Lockheed intends to focus on human-machine interfaces at the $3.5 million Surface Navy Innovation Center. Jim Sheridan, director …

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have test-fired a missile with the goal of intercepting a target by using remote data acquired by the Aegis Combat System. Aegis used its cooperative engagement capability system to interpret the data and dispatch the Standard Missile-6 from the USS Chancellorsville, Lockheed said Thursday. The Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter …

Lockheed Martin is holding a series of tests to evaluate an updated missile defense system the company is building for the U.S. Navy. Four additional live firing exercises will be completed aboard the USS Chancellorsville will host four live firing exercises before the ship starts combat system qualification trials later …