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Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal For Canadian Surface Combatant

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

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Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal For Canadian Surface Combatant

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

Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered its team’s proposal for the next generation Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program two days before procurement closed, the company said Tuesday.The company is partnering with Britain’s BAE Systems, Canada’s CAE, L3 Technologies [LLL], Canada’s MDA, and Britain’s Ultra Electronics to call itself Canada’s Combat Ship Team. The group is offering the Type 26 Global Combat Ship (GCS).The UK Royal Navy previously chose BAE’s Type 26 for eight future ships. Lockheed Martin noted that because of its…

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