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LCS Ft Worth leaving for first Sea Trial September 28, 2011

LCS Ft Worth leaving for first Sea Trial September 28, 2011. Overview. Program Description. Fast, agile, and networked surface combatant with capabilities optimized to defeat asymmetric threats, and assure naval and joint force access into contested littoral regions.

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LCS Ft Worth leaving for first Sea Trial September 28, 2011

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  1. LCS Ft Worth leaving for first Sea Trial September 28, 2011

  2. Overview Program Description • Fast, agile, and networked surface combatant with capabilities optimized to defeat asymmetric threats, and assure naval and joint force access into contested littoral regions. • 55 Ship Program – 30 Year Service Life • 1/6 of U.S. Navy Fleet • 1/3 of Surface Combatants • Missions • Focused • Counter Mine • Anti-Submarine Warfare • Anti-Surface Warfare • Inherent • Anti-piracy • Special Operations • Maritime interdiction operations • Humanitarian assistance / Disaster Relief • Homeland Defense • Search & Rescue • Visit Board Search and Seizure • Theater Security Cooperation New Capabilities • Minimal Manning • Mission Reconfigurable • Shallow Draft for 2X Increased Port Access • Interoperable with Manned & Unmanned Systems • Affordable Readiness Sustainment Model

  3. LCS Overview Core Systems Mission Modules Littoral Missions • Seaframe • Self Defense Systems • Command & Control • EXCOMM • Offboard Vehicle Control • Limited ISR • Manned Aircraft • Watercraft • UVs • Sensors • Mission Crew • Weapons Focused Missions • Counter Mine • Shallow Water Anti-Submarine Warfare • Anti-Surface Warfare Inherent Missions • Maritime Interdiction • HA/DR • Homeland Defense • SAR Interfaces A Modular Seaframe That Can Support Multiple Missions

  4. Lockheed Martin LCS DesignAdvanced Semi-PlaningSteelMonohull SPRINT SPEED > 40 kts(full load) LENGTH (LOA) 378 ft BEAM (BOA) 57 ft DRAFT 13.5 ft DISPLACEMENT ~3,100 MT RANGE @ Sprint >1,000 nm RANGE @ Cruise >3,500 nm SKWS Decoy Launchers Integrated Comms Suite Rolling Airframe Missile System 3D Radar Facilities for 2 Helos or 1 Helo & 3 VTUAVs EOD & GFCS COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System & Open Architecture Total Ship Computing Environment Modular Weapon Zone for Medium Caliber Gun Steel Semi-planing Monohull with Aluminum Superstructure

  5. LCS “Firsts” Innovative Design & Execution New Crew Concept • Concept to Delivery Cycle Reduced ~60% • First Semi-PlaningMonohull • First to exceed 45knots with 85MW propulsion system • Simultaneously launching manned/unmanned vehicles • Deployed 2 years early • “Hybrid” Sailor • Blue/Gold crew swap • Unmanned engine room • Automated Radio Room

  6. LCS 1 Operations VACAPES • Mission System Acceptance SOUTHCOM Deployment • Four successful interdictions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific • Seized more than five tons of narcotics, two go-fast boats, nine suspected smugglers • Demonstrated CONOPS and interoperability between LCS, P-3, H-60 & RHIBs RIMPAC • Integrated into surface action groups with ships from Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea and Singapore • Conducted joint maneuvers and boarding exercises at sea • Live-fire exercises at the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Kauai, Hawaii • Surface / air engagements with guns and missiles • Multiple small boat launch and recovery evolutions, refueling, and UNREPS

  7. LCS 3 Fort Worth Status • Fixed Price Contract awarded on 23 March 2009 • 92% complete – All major equipment installed • 30% fewer production hours - Applied LCS 1 lessons learned and producibility enhancements • Builder and Acceptance Trials scheduled for fall 2011 • On Cost, On Schedule for delivery in early 2012 Christening - 4 December 2010

  8. LCS-5 Accomplishments and Near Term Focus • Advance Fabrication started on 4-4-11 • Material ordering underway • 42% of material budget committed • All Major Equipment including steel on order • IMS and PMB established • Production Readiness Review completed 8-3-11 • Technical Data Package • Scope defined and being executed • Schedule integrated with Production plan • Includes Government & Industry Changes

  9. MMC Facility Improvement Plan

  10. Current MMC Facility - Today Hull Block Erection Waterfront Warehouse Fabrication/Panel Assembly LMCo / Navy Office Pipe, Sheet Metal, Module Construct and Pre-Outfitting New Fabrication/Panel Assembly Existing Facility with Capacity of Up To 1.5 LCS per Year

  11. Facility Improvement Progress and Current Status • Completed Items • 2009 - $5.4M • Crane Upgrades increasing lift capacity • Numeric Pipe Benders • Warehouse Upgrades • Stiffener Roller • Induction Deck Straightener • Sheet Metal Plasma Cutter • Building Upgrades • Infrastructure Upgrades • 2010 – $12.5 M • Building 10 Extension • Misc Upgrades • Items in Underway • 2011 - $9.1M to date • Panel Line Construction • Module Mover • Bldg 20 Floor Replacement and upgrade • Professional Center • Shore Power Upgrades Panel Line Project: 98% Complete

  12. Facility Improvements Bldg 20 Crane Upgrade Bldg 10 Crane Upgrade Bldg 10 Extension CNC Pipe Benders Module Transporter Panel Line Construction Stiffener Straightener Whse Upgrades Plasma Cutting Machine

  13. Improved Facility, December 2013 Improved Facility Will have Capacity of 3 LCS Ships per Year

  14. when you arrive in Marinette the day after Super Bowl Sunday 2011 the following slide is what you will be greeted with:

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