Littoral Combat Ship
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The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship delivers mission adaptability, speed, and flexibility to operate in littoral waters.
Real open architecture-based core mission system: Our core mission system is built on a technical infrastructure that is not bound by proprietary systems. The result is a flexible information technology backbone that uses strict industry standards, commercially available products, and published interfaces. The General Dynamics’ system allows for interoperability across the fleet as any current or future system applications that comply with open architecture standards can be seamlessly integrated with our systems. Our open architecture design makes it possible for the Navy to take advantage of rapidly changing advancements in the marketplace, deploy technology upgrades, and adapt to new and more complex missions—faster and at lower costs.
Stability at high speeds and sea states: The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship’s innovative hull design provides outstanding stability, capacity, and seakeeping. The trimaran hull form provides safe operations in adverse seas and aviation operations into sea state 5.
Flexible and versatile for enhanced joint warfighting capabilities: The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship has the capacity to meet joint requirements and missions. The GDLCS open architecture core mission system provides an adaptable and highly-capable command and control environment for a coordinated air, surface, and undersea tactical picture. It delivers greater useable space and higher mission module capacity—increasing on-station time and minimizing time to reconfigure for a new mission.
Extensive aviation operations: With a flight deck larger than any other surface combatant, the GDLCS handles simultaneous operation of two embarked SH-60 helicopters, multiple UAVs and can recover, service, and launch the larger H-53. By offering greater operational readiness and improved aviation safety and stability, we provide the flexibility needed to support all mission roles.
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