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Lockheed Martin Prepares For C2BMC Improvements

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Thursday, April 7th, 2011

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Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system for national missile defense is preparing to go operational with the latest version while planning for the next iteration, a company official said. Last year saw much testing of the new delivery of Spiral 6.4 C2BMC, the critical software, hardware, and network connectivity needed to operate the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is building. "The 6.4 baseline adds many new capabilities to our…

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