“The
key to this program’s success is our strong partnership with the
U.S. Navy," said Dr. Rob Smith, vice president of C4ISR for Lockheed
Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions. “Working in
unison, our teams established a diligent process that ensures reliability
and helps reduce life cycle costs for the Navy's torpedo enterprise.”
Lockheed Martin has provided specialized undersea weapons maintenance
for the MK-48 since 2007. The Lockheed Martin team includes qualified
torpedo maintenance technicians who maintain the Government-furnished
equipment and property according to Navy regulations. Lockheed Martin
provides all infrastructure support for the intermediate maintenance
activities, including quality assurance, training, audit support, pier
side services and ordnance handling. The Navy provides the facility,
all required parts and equipment, as well as the procedures necessary
to perform the maintenance tasks.
Since torpedoes can be used multiple times for training and exercises,
Lockheed Martin refurbishes these heavyweight torpedoes to ensure adequate
numbers of ready-for-issue weapons are available to the Navy’s
Fleet Commanders. Lockheed Martin performs intermediate-level maintenance
for both exercise and wartime-ready “warshot” configurations
of the MK-48 advanced capability torpedoes. These training torpedoes
are used for fleet training, a critical combat advantage to the submarine
force, and their reliability is paramount in the success of this training.
Work on this contract is performed at the Navy’s facility in Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii. |
