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Navy, Lockheed Martin Beginning HM&E Upgrade To DDG-51s

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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

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By Geoff Fein The Navy's effort to modernize its destroyers will begin in earnest this year, as the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] begin overhauling the hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) systems of USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) and the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53). "Those shipyard availabilities will take place this summer. All five of the modernization upgrades will be installed on those two ships, including our machinery control system and our new LM 2500 engine controllers," Pat Allen, maritime…

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