CNO Addresses Payloads, Platforms at Sea-Air-Space
services must grow together. The Navy's mandate is presence, and the key to accomplishing it is with flexible and innovative ship platforms being brought up now to the fleet, said Greenert. He also presented new ships entering the fleet such as Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) and the Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) as complements to the forcible entry platforms the Navy has today. While talking about these innovative payloads and platforms, Greenert highlighted that partnerships are important to this innovation. He said between the sea services and among industry that it is essential to staying
SIDUS IP Video Based Systems for General Dynamics NASSCO
for the USNS Lewis B. Puller, the third ship in the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class. The ship is named in honor of Lewis B. Puller, the most decorated U.S. Marine in history and the only one to be awarded five Navy Crosses. MLP-3 is the first ship of the class to be configured as an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB). Delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2015. After providing robust video solutions for MLP 1 & 2, General Dynamics NASSCO has tasked SIDUS Solutions of San Diego, Calif. to engineer and supply an integrated IP video solution for this new class of vessel. SIDUS is building
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