MOORESTOWN, N.J.-- Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently reached a significant milestone in its Littoral Combat Ship program (LCS) when it successfully integrated the LCS mine warfare (MIW) package software with the company's combat system, COMBATSS-21. The test and validation is further proof of the company's open architecture approach to COMBATSS-21, Rich Calabrese, director of mission systems, told sister publication Defense Daily in a recent interview. "COMBATSS-21 set out to be something that would allow us to easily integrate non-developmental items, whether…
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