Lockheed Martin executives believe their experience doing integration on surface ships and autonomy work for aircraft and underwater unmanned vessels has prepared the company to tackle the Large Unmanned Surface Vessel. Joe DePietro, Lockheed Martin’s vice president and general manager of Small Combatants and Ship Systems, told Inside Defense in an interview last week the company's experienced ship design and integration teams is another strength in the ongoing competition to build the LUSV. "Systems engineering is our sweet spot,"...
