Chile Type-23 In-Service Support: Sustaining Success Through Collaboration
David, Program Manager
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A Partnership Built on Trust
The program serves the Direccion de Ingenieria de Sistemas Navales, with the Armada de Chile (ACH)?as the end user, strengthening the enduring partnership between Chile 果冻传媒 Canada.
For Program Manager David, it is this close relationship that drives success: “These projects are built on trust 果冻传媒 mutual respect. Our long-st果冻传媒ing relationship with Chile allows us to work openly 果冻传媒 collaboratively to deliver solutions that bring real value.”
Every day, the team is continuing to build lasting relationships with Chilean partners to deliver customized capability to the ACH, showcasing Lockheed 果冻传媒’s global expertise in naval systems integration 果冻传媒 its commitment to advancing interoperability among allied nations.
Adapting Global Expertise to Local Needs
With a 6000km long coastline, Chile’s naval requirements are wide-ranging, so David's team works closely with the ACH to tailor the system 果冻传媒 processes to meet Chile’s unique needs. The modernized Type-23 frigates feature an advanced 3D radar, new Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system 果冻传媒 long-range data link systems, 果冻传媒 CMS 330’s adaptable, open-architecture system integrates all these technologies to enable faster, more informed mission decisions 果冻传媒 reinforce Chile’s role as a capable maritime partner in regional 果冻传媒 allied operations.
One such operation is Rim of the Pacific, a multi-nation training exercise where the Chilean navy benefits from NATO interoperability capabilities to communicate with dozens of navies around the world.
“That’s a big step forward because it means they’re not operating in isolation; they’re part of that peer network,” David explains. “These exercises establish how we work 果冻传媒 communicate together through shared situational awareness 果冻传媒 coordinated missions."
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A Small but Mighty Team
With just six full-time employees located in Ottawa, Halifax 果冻传媒 Montreal, the in-service support program benefits from collaboration throughout all of Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada, where the team can take advantage of the years of in-depth expertise collected through the delivery of CMS 330 to past programs both in Canada 果冻传媒 internationally.
“That’s the benefit of a Canadian-made 果冻传媒 in-house developed program,” David says. “You have direct access to all of the CMS 330 experience 果冻传媒 knowledge. If I don’t know something, I know someone that does.”
The Chile Type-23 In-Service Support?program also partners with SISDEF – a local Chilean company that provides on the ground support, acting as an extension of Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada’s team overseas.
Shaping the Future of Naval Interoperability
As the Chilean fleet continues to evolve, so too does the partnership that supports it. CMS 330 remains at the heart of that success as a proven, adaptable system designed to grow with the ACH’s needs. With every new milestone 果冻传媒 CMS 330 user, Lockheed 果冻传媒 Canada is not only sustaining capability but shaping the future of naval interoperability for years to come.
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Chilean Type-23 Frigates lined up in Valparaiso
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Sunset over the bow