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Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Team Demonstrates SEWIP Electronic Attack Capability

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

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A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-Raytheon [RTN] team demonstrated its potential electronic attack solution for the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), according to a Lockheed Martin statement. The demonstration took place in mid-July during the multi-national Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) maritime exercise near Hawaii, according to Lockheed Martin spokesman Chip Eschenfelder. The team’s potential electronic attack (EA) solution is an EA capability for the SEWIP Block 3 upgrade to the AN/SLQ-32 radar, Eschenfelder said yesterday in an email. The…

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