Paul Lemmo, the vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors, discusses the company’s combat systems portfolio, heritage and future with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2020 national symposium. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine and Leonardo DRS.
By Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, USN Ret.
The US Navy is at the beginning of designing and building its future surface combatant force. This is more than simply replacing old ships with new ones, more than just fielding platforms with upgraded sensors and weapons. It is an opportunity to introduce proven, industry-best practices to create a foundation for sailors to excel.
In designing the next surface combatant, the Navy must always keep warfighting first, but also consider total-ownership cost savings, maintainability, and human-factors engineering to ensure sustainable operational effectiveness and safety. Additionally, new ships must be ready to operate in today’s environment of cyber threats. Warfighting relevance will depend on the ability to fight through strong cyber attacks.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, PhD, R-Wisc., a member of the House Armed Services’ Seapower and Expeditionary Warfare subcommittee, discusses the need for new US amphibious warfare concepts and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Gallagher is a former Marine how represents a district that is home to Fincantieri Marinette Marine, which builds the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship and is one of the competitors in the US Navy’s competition for a new frigate. We spoke on the sidelines of the Amphibious Warship Industrial Base Coalition breakfast in Capitol Hill.
Joe DePietro, vice president of Lockheed Martin Small Combatants and Ship Systems, discusses the variant of the company’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship — with Fincantieri Marinette Marine — being proposed for the US Navy’s FFG(X) frigate program with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Vice Adm. Rick Hunt, USN Ret., former commander of US Naval Surface Forces who is now chief strategy officer of Fincantieri Marinette Marine, discusses the US Navy’s FFG(X) Frigate program and the solution the company has based its FREMM warship developed for the Italian Navy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Paul Lemmo, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors, discusses the company’s proposals for the US Navy’s FFG(X) competition for a new frigate, the Littoral Combat Ship and the firm’s naval portfolio with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Norther Virginia. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Vice Adm. Tom Moore, USN, the commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command, discusses US Navy efforts to increase public and private ship repair capabilities, lessons learned from repairing USS John S. McCain and Fitzgerald, the new Ford-class aircraft carrier, getting the Littoral Combat Ship on regular deployments and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association annual conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner for the event and our coverage is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Rear Adm. Gerry Hueber, USN Ret., Raytheon Strategic and Naval Systems business executive, discusses the company’s air and missile defense portfolio ranging from the Standard missile to the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner for the event and our coverage is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Rear Adm. Ron Boxall, USN, the US Navy’s director of surface warfare (N96), discusses getting the Littoral Combat Ship on regular deployment cycles, the new FFG(X) frigate program, a new Large Surface Combatant, sophisticated new training aids for warfighting and ship driving with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner for the event and our coverage is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.