Tue, Jul 29, 2003
Ahead Of Schedule, No Less
Lockheed Martin has
delivered the first advanced Integrated Core Processor (ICP)
modules for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter under a $300 million
System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract. The initial
prototype modules -- delivered two months ahead of schedule -- will
be used by aircraft mission planners for software development and
design verification.
Employing advanced bus structures and commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) components, the ICP is a liquid-cooled, ruggedized military
computer capable of performing 40 billion sustained operations per
second. Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems was awarded the ICP
contract as part of the initial F-35 JSF award to Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics Co.
Tactical Systems delivered four
initial ICP prototype General Purpose Processor Input/Output (GPIO)
modules to F-35 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company lead and
partner Northrop Grumman as a risk reduction effort, delivered in
response to requests for early operating hardware to complete
advanced software development. The GPIO modules are used for
general mission processing, computation and operational logic,
control and processing of miscellaneous input/output, and data
storage.
The first production unit delivery of the GPIO module is
scheduled for September 2003. Tactical Systems will provide a
series of ICP module deliveries leading up to the delivery of the
final ICP configuration in 2004.
"This is truly a milestone event," said Tom Burbage, executive
vice president and general manager of the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF
program. "The delivery is key to helping the JSF program achieve
early progress toward a successful first flight."
A leader in airborne surveillance systems integration and the
design, development, packaging and production of ruggedized
COTS-based computer systems, Tactical Systems is one of five major
lines of business within the Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics
& Surveillance Systems business segment.
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