Installation Pace Picks Up for ‘Open’ Combat Systems
Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems business unit plans to deliver by year’s end the 30th and 31st sets of the Mk 2 Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS Mk 2) for installation aboard LHA-7, the second ship in the Navy’s new America class, and the San Antonio –class amphib to be named the John P. Murtha (LPD-26). Both ships are in early planning stages.
