Navy Selects L3 to Provide New Data Link for 3 Future Littoral Combat Ships

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 23, 2018, 2:11 am

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L3 Technologies has been selected to produce a new communications data-link system for three future U.S. Navy Littoral Combat ShipsÂ to receive imagery from multiple aircraft platforms simultaneously, Defense News reported Friday.

The report said L3 will provide Maritime Surface TerminalsÂ for installation aboard theÂ Independence-class Mobile and Savannah vessels and the Freedom-class Marinette ship.

John Van Brabant, vice president of business development for L3’s Navy programs, told Defense News that MST is designed to send data at a speed of 45 megabits a second and is nearly 700 pounds lighter than the communications terminal installed on current LCS hulls.

Lockheed Martin will build Marinette, while Austal‘s U.S. subsidiaryÂ will constructÂ Mobile and Savannah.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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