MOORESTOWN, N.J., Oct. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Naval officers
from the Royal Australian Navy recently graduated from a two month
Aegis combat systems course at the Combat Systems Engineering
Development Site (CSEDS) in Moorestown,
New Jersey. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and government
civilians supported the training at CSEDS along with the Navy's
Center for Surface Combat Systems.
The officers learned to use the Aegis Combat System that is
installed onboard the RAN's newest Air Warfare Destroyer, the
future HMAS Hobart.
"This course marks the commencement of the Australian Navy's
integration of the Aegis Combat System into the future Australian
fleet and a continuation of a very close cooperation with one of
our most strategic international partners," said Captain
Terry Morrison, Director Destroyers,
Surface Combatant and Aircraft Branch for the Royal Australian
Navy. "It provided mid-level officers with the management level
information required to direct the operation in anti-air,
anti-surface, and antisubmarine warfare and to manage combat system
maintenance."
In the course, students directed all warfare area operations,
operated the Aegis display system and commanded system consoles to
participate in multi-warfare scenarios, simulating underway
conditions.
The Prospective Commanding Officer course was also being taught
simultaneously at the CSEDS site. The objective of the course is,
to train senior officers to direct warfare area operations and
operate the Aegis display system and command and decision system
consoles in a command role.
The two courses are taught separately until the final week of
training when they are joined together. During this final week, the
Combat Systems Officer students are presented with an operational
scenario that required in depth planning. The students then present
their findings and recommendations to the Commanding Officer
students who make tactical decisions and impart their experience
gleaned over many years of naval service. The combined class
then used the combat system to effectively "fight the ship" in
multi-warfare scenarios.
As the Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent, Lockheed Martin
provides modern combat management systems and conducts the entire
combat system integration life-cycle that enables navies around the
world to achieve their most critical mission objectives. Lockheed
Martin has successfully delivered and integrated Aegis and
Aegis-based products on 126 platforms in eight nations, with an
additional 23 under construction or planned. Aegis and
Aegis-derived systems are in service in U.S. Navy cruisers,
destroyers, Littoral Combat Ships, Coast Guard National Security
Cutters and Aegis Ashore sites. The navies of Japan, Spain,
Norway, the Republic of Korea, and
Australia have also chosen Aegis
to protect their nations.
For additional information, visit our website:
www.lockheedmartin.com/aegis
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Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that employs approximately 98,000 people worldwide and is
principally engaged in the research, design, development,
manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology
systems, products and services.
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