Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 8,000th AN/UYQ-70 combat console suite to the U.S. Navy, marking a key milestone for a system that is currently installed on 90 percent of the Navy’s commissioned ships.
The milestone Q-70 System will be installed on the USS Minnesota (SSN 783) Virginia-class submarine to upgrade combat control and navigation systems. It is a command workstation that permits operators to display combat control and navigation decision data onto high definition displays located in the command and control center, providing real-time situational analysis.
“Through 8,000 Q-70 deliveries, we have provided a highly standardized computer infrastructure that has reduced unit cost to the Navy by 70 percent since the inception of the program,” said Mike Feeley, vice president of C4I programs for Lockheed Martin’s Undersea Systems business.
Q-70 products support numerous operational requirements for sailors. The Q-70 servers, workstations and network systems are widely used on Navy platforms in the air and on land, and in naval systems operated by Australia, Germany, Japan, Norway and Spain.
AN/UYQ-70(V) Advanced Display System
The Q-70 family of workstations is the first fully implemented standard combat computer system resource using a state-of-the-art open system architecture. This flexible, tactical workstation is configured using high-performance COTS modules housed in militarized enclosures. The Q-70 can be installed in airborne, surface, and submarine platforms to fulfill multiple combat system tasks. With the capability to emulate legacy display systems, the Q-70 workstation allows for immediate transition to open combat architectures and provides a cost-effective protection of prior hardware and software investments.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 132,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8 billion. [mappress]
Source: Lockheed Martin,March 23, 2011