Login
iscover
The prime has been tasked with delivering life cycle sustainment support for the US Navy’s ATC platform.
To continue reading the rest of this article, please log in.
Create free account to get unlimited news articles and more!
BAE Systems has secured a $65.7 million single-award indefinite delivery contract for the provision of life cycle, engineering, and sustainment support for the US Navy’s air traffic control (ATC) platform.
Specifically, the five-year contract involves the developing, producing, equipping, testing, evaluating, sustaining, and updating of key expeditionary ATC aviation systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Webster Outlying Field (WOLF).
The work is designed to enhance platform flight safety, particularly when end users are operating in new or rough terrain airfields with no existing military base.
“With this win, BAE Systems will provide expeditionary forces with the capability to quickly establish an airfield with the radar and communications systems to safely recover and launch aircraft,” Lisa Hand, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ Integrated Defense Solutions business, said.
“We serve as the automation expert and technical co-ordinator, responsible for development and improvement of real-time ATC computer systems.
“Our radar technicians deploy around the world to support the warfighter; their work is resulting in quicker turnover to the end user, improved hardware reliability, and more accurate installation and precision in the field.”
This latest contract builds on BAE Systems’ work on key systems, including the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS); Air Traffic Navigation, Integration, and Coordination System (ATNAVICS); Airfield Mobile Tactical Air Navigation System (AMTAC); and ATNAVICS Data Link System (ADLS).
[Related: BAE Systems secures contract to sustain AV-8B Harrier II fleet]
