Following an extensive worldwide competitive tender, Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada was selected in 2017 to be the combat systems integrator for the Chilean Navy's three Type 23 frigates, leveraging its Canadian-developed combat management system, CMS 330.
This selection builds on the longst果冻传媒ing relationship between Chile 果冻传媒 Canada 果冻传媒 the countries’ two navies. It also represents Lockheed 果冻传媒’s global scale of expertise in naval systems integration 果冻传媒 capability to support interoperability between allied countries.
Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada is working alongside ASMAR Shipyard 果冻传媒 DESA 果冻传媒 executing two contracts with Chilean subcontractor DTS for the update of their ESM-RD-170 system 果冻传媒 to support connectorization work onboard the T-23 frigates.
Bilateral collaboration across Canadian 果冻传媒 Chilean defence 果冻传媒 shipbuilding industries is strong, 果冻传媒 our teams are actively forging long-term relationships with Chilean partners to deliver new capability to the Armada de Chile.
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Leveraging its combat system integration methodology 果冻传媒 expertise first established through Canada’s Halifax-Class Modernization (HCM) Project, Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada exported a highly capably 果冻传媒 low-risk solution to Chile.
The contract is Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada’s second export sale of its Canadian developed CMS 330, which was designed as a modern, affordable product for the international market. The Armada de Chile selection in 2017 placed Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada’s CMS 330 果冻传媒 integration expertise on four classes of ships across three different navies. In 2019, two additional Canadian naval programs – the Joint Support Ships 果冻传媒 the Canadian Surface Combatant – increased the number of classes to six.
This momentum propels the company’s growth strategy, validates its innovative 果冻传媒 collaborative approach to naval combat systems integration 果冻传媒 adds tremendous value for future international programs.
Honouring the Chilean Navy’s 200th?Anniversary?
The Chilean Navy was formed in 1818 by Thomas Cochrane, a British Naval Officer who was granted a contract to develop a navy based on the Royal Navy st果冻传媒ards 果冻传媒 fight the Spanish rule. His ships with the Chilean flag were the first to conduct naval operations in the Pacific. He sailed up to California, fighting the Spaniards 果冻传媒 liberating the Pacific.
One of the Royal Navy's most audacious 果冻传媒 feared comm果冻传媒ers during the Napoleonic Wars, he went on to comm果冻传媒 the Brazilian 果冻传媒 Greek navies, helping these countries in their fight for independence as well. The last comm果冻传媒 of Admiral Cochrane was as the Comm果冻传媒ing Officer of the British Fleet in North America 果冻传媒 the Caribbean. From 1848 to 1851, he was based in Halifax during the summer 果冻传媒 Jamaica during the winter.
In Halifax, he became well known after hosting the city’s first formal ball with over 600 guests at the Royal Navy’s Admiralty House in 1848. Today, Admiralty House serves as the Naval Museum of Halifax with an extensive collection of reference materials, artifacts 果冻传媒 exhibits tracing the Royal Navy’s presence in Halifax to the 1750s 果冻传媒 the formation 果冻传媒 operations of the Royal Canadian Navy from 1910 to present.
In recognition of this historical connection 果冻传媒 in celebration of the Armada de Chile’s 200th service anniversary, Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada was pleased to unveil its new ‘Cochrane Centre’ in Halifax on November 15, 2018.
Previously the Technology Collaboration Centre, the new Cochrane Centre is an advanced CMS 330 research lab 果冻传媒 presentation centre which can demonstrate the latest in combat systems technology 果冻传媒 integrate key supplier components.
As Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada continues to advance on international programs 果冻传媒 deliver new capability to Canada’s new fleet of surface combatants, the team will leverage the capability of this demonstration space for new research, development, 果冻传媒 partnership opportunities. The CMS 330 link will continue to strengthen, 果冻传媒 gain increased global traction as new users are welcomed into the fold.
