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Lockheed Martin Opens Surface Navy Innovation Center to foster collaboration, problem-solving
Lockheed Martin Opens Surface Navy Innovation Center to foster collaboration, problem-solving
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Lockheed Martin Opens Surface Navy Innovation Center to foster collaboration,
problem-solving
Lockheed
Martin has opened the Surface Navy Innovation Center (SNIC) to support
the development of new technologies for the U.S. Navy. The SNIC is a
research, development and demonstration facility that brings together
industry, government and academia to design the next generation of capabilities
the surface fleet needs to combat evolving threats around the world.
Lockheed Martin's SNIC will foster collaboration among key organizations
to rapidly develop emerging technologies and quickly put them into service.
“The
SNIC establishes a community space to promote rapid technology fielding
that addresses the Navy’s most pressing challenges,” said
Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis U.S. Navy programs. “As the maritime
security environment changes, we will find new ways to use products
and best practices to benefit the sailors who rely on these systems
to defend our nation.”
The center will foster collaboration among key organizations to rapidly
develop emerging technologies and quickly put them into service. To
stay ahead of threats, Lockheed Martin is committed to making ongoing
improvements to its current systems and integrating the most advanced
technologies to meet the needs of its U.S. Navy customers.
Building on Lockheed Martin’s 100-year history of innovation,
the SNIC also continues the development of the Aegis Combat System to
meet new security challenges, building on the company’s 40 years
of partnership with the Surface Navy on this program. Aegis already
is the premier naval combat system, globally deployed counter ballistic
missiles and other advanced air and missile threats. The SNIC will serve
as a collaboration space to continue Aegis’ evolution, advancing
modernization efforts and pushing the system to new levels of defense
for sailors and citizens.