GE Fanuc Secures $2.25 Million Order for Lockheed Martin's Q-70 Program

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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced that it has secured orders valued at approximately $2.25 million from Lockheed Martin's facility in Eagan, Minnesota. The orders are for quantities of GE Fanuc's VME-7809 VMEbus single board computer and NETernity RM921 Ethernet switches, which will be used in the Lockheed Martin AN/UYQ-70 C4 system. This is the latest in a series of orders from Lockheed Martin, bringing the total value to over $5 million.

Key Takeaways:

  • The orders are for the VME-7809 VMEbus single board computer and NETernity RM921 Ethernet switches.
  • The VME-7809 features an Intel Pentium processor and up to 2 Gigabytes of memory.
  • The NETernity RM921 is a VMEbus managed Gigabit Ethernet switch that supports IPv6.
  • The Q-70 program uses Commercial-Off-the-Shelf equipment, resulting in over $1.5 billion in savings for the U.S. Navy over 15 years.
  • GE Fanuc's solutions have been widely adopted by the U.S. Navy, Australian, German, Japanese, Norwegian, and Spanish navies.
  • The Q-70 team continues to upgrade these units with the latest commercial technologies.

Statistics:

  • The total value of orders received by GE Fanuc from Lockheed Martin for the Q-70 program is over $5 million.
  • GE Fanuc's solutions have resulted in over $1.5 billion in savings for the U.S. Navy over 15 years.
  • The VME-7809 features an Intel Pentium processor.
  • The NETernity RM921 has 12 (single slot) or 24 (dual slot) front panel Gigabit Ethernet ports.
  • The feedstock cost savings achieved through the implementation of the "buy vs. bid" program for the Q-70 system was 41%.

Sources:

  • GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Close Up Media