Lockheed Martin UK Unveils Future Merlin Concept Visualisations at DSEi
DSEi, LONDON, United Kingdom, September 10th, 2003 -- Lockheed Martin UK, the Merlin Mk1 prime contractor, today revealed early company-developed concept visualisations on how the Royal Navy's Merlin weapon system could potentially evolve in the future.
Ron Christenson, Group Managing Director of Lockheed Martin UK Ltd Integrated Systems said: "The Merlin is an incredibly versatile system that could be given many additional roles in the future. Potentially its capabilities are wide-ranging and the concepts here go beyond what is planned for the Merlin Capability Sustainment Plus Programme, but they give a taste of the possibilities that might be looked at during the aircraft's life.
"We view the aircraft as evolving to be a key node in the network-enabled battlespace of tomorrow, but as well as being a sophisticated sensor and communications platform, it has the range and payload for a variety of offensive and defensive taskings."
Lockheed Martin UK, a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, is a leader in systems integration working on major programmes spanning the aerospace, defence, civil and commercial sectors with significant capabilities in the transport infrastructure market. In the UK, Lockheed Martin has annual sales in the range of £400-600 million working with more than 75 business partners. Lockheed Martin employs approximately 1,000 people at over 10 UK facilities including London, Havant, Southampton, Yeovil, Swindon, Hertford, Bristol and Cornwall.
Jeremy Greaves, on: +44(0)2392 44 3977
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