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Technological Wonder, No Matter How You SLICE It

This month Sea SLICE technology will be under review during the Fleet Battle Exper- iment — Juliet — (FBEJ)

Next generation technology used to wage wars of the future will be on display for two weeks off the coast of

California later this month. The upcoming Fleet Battle

Experiment-Juliet (FBE-J) will offer the military an unprecedented glance at how established and emerg- ing technologies work in sync. Sea SLICE will partici- pate as a littoral warfare ship in FBE-J, as a High

Speed Vessel (HSV) for the exercise. Lockheed Martin

Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems (NE&SS)-

Marine Systems — which has overall responsibility for developing Sea SLICE — shared with MR/EN some of the secrets behind its success. — By Greg Trauthwein

As the military evolves increasingly toward the col- lection, dissemination and integration of information in an attempt to locate, target and defeat enemy forces with lighter, cheaper "networked" forces, exercises such as the Navy's Fleet Battle Experiment — Juliet (FBE-J) will play an increasingly important role in testing technologies under battle conditions. One such technology earning a second look is Lockheed Martin's advanced hullform ship Sea SLICE, which will partic- ipate as a littoral warfare ship FBE-J this summer, as a

High Speed Vessel (HSV) for the exercise. Lockheed

Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems (NE&SS)-Marine Systems has overall responsibility for developing Sea SLICE. During FBE-J, which will take place from July 22-August 6, Sea SLICE will operate no more than 80 miles off the San Diego coast INSET: Cockpit view.

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