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Lockheed Martin Goes ‘Open’ With USS Bunker Hill Modernization

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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Lockheed Martin's [LMT] new Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System came to life last month--on schedule and as planned--aboard the Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the company reported. The Aegis open architecture configuration was installed aboard Bunker Hill as part of the ship's modernization program, Lockheed Martin said. During this milestone testing event, power was successfully applied to the newest version of the world's most advanced naval weapon system, developed using commonly-available, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) computing hardware and open…

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