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Lockheed Martin Integrates COMBATSS-21, LCS Mine Warfare Package Software

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Monday, October 15th, 2007

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By Geoff FeinMOORESTOWN, N.J.--Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week 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 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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