Northrop Grumman Awarded $65 Million Contract to Provide Situational Awareness for U.S. Air Force Airlift Crews

San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2011 -The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $65 million contract to provide tactical situational awareness to airlift aircrews, fulfilling an urgent operational need for enhanced communications and an operational picture of the battlespace displayed in the cockpit.

Northrop Grumman will provide the Air Force Air Mobility Command with 58 Mobility Air Forces (MAF) Dynamic Re-tasking Capability (DRC) Urgent Operational Need (UON) systems, including spares, before June 30, 2012. The systems will be installed in 28 C-130J and 24 C-17 aircraft.

The contract also includes two years of training and payload support at four integration sites in the United States and three overseas locations.

The MAF DRC system includes a secure line-of-sight and beyond line-of-sight datalink; display systems for the pilot and co-pilot; a processor/server for command and control of the radios and displays; and presentation and recording of the existing host aircraft navigational system data.

The contract was awarded by the Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.

This Northrop Grumman effort for the Air Mobility Command is closely related to its work on the Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) program. Under a contract awarded in September 2010, the company is providing a RTIC capability for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command C-130H aircraft.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bring out the PLA Yak Cavalry! We are Doom!

Image
China Defense Blog This is the blog of China defense, where professional analysts and serious defense enthusiasts share findings on a rising military power. Monday, October 03, 2011 Bring out the PLA Yak Cavalry! We are Doom! Posted by tyan at 3:33 PM Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook 0comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Blog Archive 2011 (325) October (3) Bring out the PLA Yak Cavalry! We are Doom! Photo of the day: First official photo of the new... Stupid PRC PR of the day: The march of the Centra... September (34) GC of the day: Songbird's classic Watching sport on a big screen TV. Land Based HQ16 VLS SAM has entered service, conf... China buys Basler BT-67 (yes, a DC3) An update on the CJ-1000A high bypass ratio turb... A Chinese Heart for Large Civilian and Military ... First simulated confrontation drill between Chines...
Keep reading

Raytheon UK to Supply Mode S MSSR Systems to Romania

Image
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 24, 2011 -Raytheon has been selected to supply Mode S Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) systems to the Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration, ROMATSA. Under the contract, signed in Bucharest, Raytheon UK will provide dual-channel, Condor Series 300 systems for the en route radar sites at Romania's Henri Coanda (Otopeni) International Airport, Constanta International Airport and Arad International Airport during a 20-month program. "In order to meet European Union requirements regarding air safety, quality and security, ROMATSA will install Mode S MSSR systems produced by Raytheon, for the first time on the Romanian territory," said Adrian Remus Serban, operations director, ROMATSA. "Taking into consideration the tradition of this company and the quality of their equipment, we are convinced that these modern radar systems will live up to our expectations." Richard Daniel, Raytheon U.K. director, Defence and Program Leade...
Keep reading

Indian Developments in Materials for Military Aero Engines

Image
The Indian aircraft industry is still in its nascent stages of growth. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the only significant player, manufacturing aircraft and engines, albeit under license production. Even so, most of the materials and material technologies have been sourced from the original manufacturers (OEMs) of the engines and aircraft. In the recent past, a number of new material technologies have been recently introduced which are required in the production of Sukhoi aircraft (Su-30) and its engine (AL31FP). Kaveri, the proposed engine for LCA Tejas is the only programme which aims to design and develop indigenous engine and also to develop indigenous capabilities in the areas of materials and manufacturing technologies. In a sense, the development of indigenous material technologies in India is linked to Kaveri programme. Assessment of materials and manufacturing technologies presented here is largely based on the Kaveri experience in which many industries and research l...
Keep reading