Lockheed Martin is moving ahead with developing a laser weapon system for the US Navy but in a different sequence than originally planned, according to a company official.
Instead of building two units – one for land-based testing, the other for installation on a ship – Lockheed Martin will produce a single system that will be tested on land first, then moved to a destroyer.
‘We’re using the one system to do both,’ said Brendan Scanlon, Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS programme director. ‘We’re doing things [in] a little more serial manner.'
Scanlon attributed the change to reductions in how much money
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Forming part of the Reconciliation Bill, the funding will support multiple efforts involving autonomous capabilities, interceptors, missiles, rockets and torpedoes.
The delivery acceptance of the future USS Pierre marks the conclusion of the construction phase for the Independence-variant.
The new Barracuda version has been engineered to perform enhanced subsea and seabed warfare missions.
The nearly $25 billion investment will cover USCG procurement of cutters, aircraft, helicopters, training simulators and Polar capabilities over the next four years.
After commissioning, FRC Frederick Mann will operate in Alaska and perform multiple missions.
The US Coast Guard (USCG) created new units, including five Programme Executive Offices (PEOs), to facilitate and speed up the procurement of new capabilities.
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