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Press Release
For Release: IMMEDIATE
Media Contact:
Gayle Manculich
Phone: (412) 967-7477
Email:
gayle.manculich@l-3com.com
BRASHEAR LP
HIGHLIGHTS LSEOS AT
THE NAVY LEAGUE 2002 SEA-AIR-SPACE EXPOSITION
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, March 8, 2002:
Brashear LP, a long standing member of the Navy
League, will be highlighting the LSEOS family of light
weight shipboard electrooptical fire control and
surveillance systems at the 2002 Sea-Air-Space
Exposition held in Washington DC on March 26-28, 2002
at exhibit number 2309.
The Brashear LP LSEOS
(Lightweight Shipboard Electro-Optical System)
combines high precision electro-optical performance
with proven marine ruggedness and reliability. The
systems are currently deployed on ships of the U.S.
Navy and other offshore navies.
The LSEOS MKIIA
integrates easily with shipboard systems to accurately
acquire and track inbound targets, predict the targets
future position, slew the weapon to the correct aiming
position and then engage and fire the weapon. It is
lightweight, easy to install and integrate, and is
adaptable to a wide range of electro-optical sensors.
It is ideal for new construction or retrofit vessels
where it can perform effectively as a stand-alone
primary fire control system, a fully integrated system
or a dual capable system.
The LSEOS MKIV, the
tracking pedestal of the Blk-1B surface mode upgrade
program for the Raytheon MK-15 Phalanx CIWS, was
designed and proven to withstand continuous gun shock
in a full naval environment. It's high performance
isolation and decoupling system allows tracking with
heavy gun shock and the lightweight pedestal minimizes
impact on the gun servo performance. It is available
as part of a fully integrated fire control system or
as a component for OEM applications.
Brashear LP will also
highlight their activities in support of the Advanced
Tactical Laser, Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser and
the Airborne Laser Program. Brashear plays a key role
in these programs by providing the optics that focus
and direct the high intensity laser energy.
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Recognized for world-class optics technology,
L-3 Brashear designs and produces complex electro-optical and
electro-mechanical systems and instrumentation for the
commercial and defense markets. The company delivers
proven, accurate, and reliable products from concept
through design, manufacture, test and life cycle
support. These systems are based on core skills in
precision motion systems, advanced design, analysis
and fabrication technology.
L-3 Brashear has six
distinct and complementary capabilities leveraged in
national defense, scientific research, and strategic
intelligence gathering. These product areas are:
Telescope Systems, Optical Components, Stabilized
Tracking Systems, Test Range Instrumentation, Small
Arms Fire Control Systems and Laser Beam Directors.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh PA, L-3 Brashear employs
over 160 scientists, engineers, opticians and support
staff.
Brashear is proud to be
a team member of many current U. S. defense programs.
Some of these programs are:
- U. S. Navy
Phalanx Block 1B upgrade.
As mentioned earlier, The LSEOS Mk-IV is part of the
Blk-1B surface mode upgrade program for the Raytheon
MK-15 CIWS.
- U. S. Army Small
Arms Fire Control Systems.
Brashear is responsible for the development and
manufacture of the fire control system - considered
to be the heart of the weapon system for the
Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW), the next
generation military rifle system. Brashear is also
developing and producing a precision, full-ballistic
fire control system - SAFCS II - that will be used
on the MK-19 (40mm) grenade gun for Picatinny
Arsenal.
- U. S. A. F.
Airborne Laser Program.
As a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin, Brashear is
designing and producing the high-precision optics
for the beam director. They also polished the
aircraft's 1.7-m diameter conformal window.
- U. S. Army
Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL).
Brashear supplied the optical system the world's
first laser-based defense system which is capable of
destroying rockets in flight.
For more information
about L-3 Brashear, visit www.L-3Com.com
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