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Lockheed Martin Team Submits Final Canadian Ship Proposal

Monday, July 23rd, 2018

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Lockheed Martin Team Submits Final Canadian Ship Proposal

Artist's concept of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship. (Image: BAE Systems)

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] team delivered its final proposal for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) frigate-type ship program, using the BAE Systems Type 26 Global Combat Ship (GCS), on Friday.The company’s team, called Canada’s Combat Ship Team, also includes BAE, Canada’s CAE, L3 Technologies [LLL], Canada’s MDA, and Britain’s Ultra Electronics.The CSC program has a $19 billion budget to build 15 new ships to replace Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class multi-role patrol frigates and replace them with a single platform capable of…

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