TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Raytheon-led Team LCS
received another validation for its candidate Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
design for the U.S. Navy when the Norwegian government passed a resolution for
procurement of five ships of the Skjold class.
The Skjold class of ships in service since 1999 with the Royal Norwegian
Navy is a Fast Patrol Craft/Littoral Combat Ship designed to operate close to
shore with a heavy combat load. Team LCS's open architecture and
transformational design combined with a proven hull offers a low-risk,
modular, reliable and proven ship that can be ready to enter the U.S. Navy
Fleet within three years
"Our team has drawn on extensive experience in littoral warfare and
innovative ship systems integration design to provide an LCS solution that
meets the U.S. Navy's operational needs," said Mary Petryszyn, vice president
of Warfare and Ships Systems Integration at Raytheon's Integrated Defense
Systems. "We have leveraged the technology and processes developed by Raytheon
for LPD-17 and DD(X) to provide the Navy an LCS solution worthy of being
called U.S. Navy warship."
Raytheon has harvested and applied its total ship computing environment
from DD(X) to support a plug and fight open architecture that maximizes core
and off-board mission capabilities. Team LCS will apply Raytheon's validated
and proven Integrated Product Development System and Six Sigma unique industry
best practices that, combined with lean manufacturing, meet the Navy's
acquisition schedule and cost thresholds.
Team LCS has met the transformational objectives set by the Navy for its
newest combatant warship. The design meets the Navy's requirements for a
mission adaptable ship that provides an open architecture information system
capable of warfighting upgrades. The design provides the best value to meet
Naval Power and Seapower 21 warfighting requirements. Team LCS is committed to
delivering a credible, innovative LCS solution as a viable ship in the Navy's
surface combatant family of ships.
Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader
in mission systems integration. With a strong international and domestic
Customer base including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and the U.S. Armed
Forces, Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated air and missile defense
and naval and maritime warfighting solutions.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2002 sales of $16.8 billion, is an
industry leader in defense, government and commercial electronics, space,
information technology, technical services, and business and special mission
aircraft. With headquarters in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon employs more than
76,000 people worldwide.
Contact:
Steve Brecken
978.858.5246
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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