FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- General
Dynamics Mission Systems announced today that it has integrated a
new over-the-horizon missile capability onto the
Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in support of a
Chief of Naval Operations mandate to increase LCS lethality and
survivability.
The integration of the MK 87 Mod 0 over-the-horizon Naval Strike
Missile (NSM), aboard the USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10),
strengthens the ship's mission readiness and defensive
capabilities. General Dynamics was able to integrate the NSM
system by determining equipment placement, adapting the ship's
navigation system to provide unique signals to the missile system,
designing the operational station in the Integrated Command Center,
designing the system for providing specialized power to the MK 87
and conducting all of the analyses necessary for a safe and
effective system. The General Dynamics team, including Austal
USA, designed structures and
foundations and accomplished the installation in San Diego.
"The open-architecture design of the ship's computing
environment and electronic systems made the design and integration
of the new NSM system feasible in an accelerated timeline," said
Carlo Zaffanella, vice president and
general manager of maritime and strategic systems at General
Dynamics Mission Systems.
The NSM, produced by Kongsberg and managed in the U.S. by
Raytheon, is a long-range, precision-strike weapon that can find
and destroy enemy ships at distances up to 100 nautical miles.
In addition to the USS Gabrielle Giffords, General Dynamics will
serve as the prime contractor for the integration and installation
of the NSM capability on all Independence-variant LCSs already in
service.
General Dynamics is the Independence-variant LCS systems
integrator, responsible for the design, integration and testing of
the navigation, command, control, computing, and aviation systems
on each ship.
LCS ships are designed to be agile, mission-focused platforms
capable in operating in near-shore and open-ocean environments.
They are designed to defeat asymmetric anti-access threats such as
mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft.
General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of General
Dynamics (NYSE: GD). More information about General Dynamics
Mission Systems is available at www.gdmissionsystems.com.
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