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Navy/USMC

SEWIP Block 2 Completes Milestone C Testing

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, January 14th, 2014

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SEWIP Block 2 Completes Milestone C Testing

Rendering of SEWIP. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] completed milestone testing for the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 system, the company said Tuesday. First awarded in 2009, the Block 2 SEWIP contract will see Lockheed Martin upgrade the AN/SLQ-32(V)2 electronic warfare systems on all U.S. aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and other warships. The system’s purpose is to alert sailors if adversaries are using sensors to track their vessel, potentially with anti-ship missiles. Block 2 is aimed at Electronic Support (ES) of…

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