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Lockheed Martin Sees Aegis Baseline 10 Backward Compatible, Expects HELIOS PDR in 2019

Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

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Lockheed Martin Sees Aegis Baseline 10 Backward Compatible, Expects HELIOS PDR in 2019

An Mk 41 VLS launches an SM-6 off the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials said they are looking to backfit some features of Aegis Baseline 10 on to earlier models of destroyers and cruisers and separately expect to put its HELIOS system through a production design review (PDR) this year. Jim Sheridan, head of Lockheed Martin’s Naval Combatants Group, noted while most of Baseline 10 integrates the new Raytheon [RTN] AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar, the company is trying to integrate it with older Aegis ships. The company is…

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