Jane Edwards
Lockheed Martin’s Canadian subsidiary has achieved first article acceptance for its combat platform onboard seven of the Canadian navy’s 12 Halifax-class frigates.
The subsidiary reached the system acceptance milestone after it completed several integration tests on its combat system at the firm’s maritime training and testing facility in Nova Scotia as part of the navy’s Halifax-class Modernization project, Lockheed said Dec. 22.
The system acceptance covers the Royal Canadian Navy’s ships such as HMCS Calgary, HMCS Charlottetown, HMCS Fredericton, HMCS Halifax, HMCS Montreal, HMCS Vancouver and HMCS Winnipeg.
Rosemary Chapdelaine, vice president of mission systems and training at Lockheed Martin Canada, said Canada’s supply chain, integration processes and combat management tool is the biggest component of the ship modernization project.
The HCM project is comprised of several phases, including requirements reconciliation, design and implementation as well as the readiness stage.
