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Thursday, April 12, 2012

NSWC Port Hueneme leads Missile Waterfront Integration Test

[TCG Gediz (F 495)]Personnel from the Air Dominance Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme led an Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Waterfront Integration Test (WIT) aboard the TCG Gediz (F-495), a Turkish G-class frigate, from March 5 – 18, 2012, in preparation for live-fire testing to be conducted in April.

The ESSM program is managed by the NATO SeaSparrow Project Office (NSPO) and is comprised of an international consortium of 12 nations, including the U.S. and Turkey.

A WIT is a series of system and subsystem tests performed to verify the shipboard interfaces of, in this case, an ESSM with the on-board combat system.

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