Thursday, October 2, 2008

CG cutter power up successful

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The Lockheed Martin Coast Guard Systems team participated in the successful power up of the first set of electronic cabinets and consoles of the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system onboard the Coast Guard's National Security Cutter, Waesche. The 418-foot ship, built at Northrop Grumman's Pascagoula shipyard, is the second ship in a class of multi-mission cutters. The first one, USCGC Bertholf, was commissioned Aug. 4, in Alameda, Calif. (Source: Lockheed Martin, 10/02/08)