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Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin Testing Electronic Attack Prototype For Navy SEWIP Effort

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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

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Program officials at Lockheed Martin [LMT] are conducting preliminary tests for a new electronic attack-capable variant of the Navy’s next generation electronic warfare system, designed to provide force protection for the sea service’s surface warfare fleet. Navy officials observed as Lockheed Martin program officials conducted land-based testing of Block 3 capabilities for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Syracuse, N.Y. “We have had Navy representatives here at our Syracuse facility that has seen the…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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