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BAE SYSTEMS to enhance Royal Navy data link capability

26 Oct 2001

BAE Systems has been awarded a task by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence to create an enhanced data link capability on a number of Royal Navy platforms.

A temporary Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) capability, hosted on Link 16, will be implemented on selected vessels ahead of the commissioning of the full system more widely across the Royal Navy's fleet.

This interim solution - being implemented by BAE Systems Communications & Defence Infrastructure Division at Christchurch, United Kingdom - will take advantage of elements of the RN JTIDS system already fitted to the vessels concerned. These include the Remote Network Management Display (RNMD) and Network Control & Initialisation Data Preparation Facility (NCIDPF). Under the task, these will be augmented by JTIDS Situation Awareness Facility (JSAF) equipment.

The JTIDS units will thereby be able to receive improved situational awareness information. The project will also support the internal distribution of data to other on-board situational awareness displays to enhance aircrew briefing and debriefing.

Experience in using this capability will give ships, command staffs and those involved in tactical development a better understanding of the benefits of the JTIDS/Link 16 system. It will also provide information to Royal Navy interoperability experts and facilitate the evolution of tactics, techniques and procedures.

Background note:

The Communications & Defence Infrastructure (CDI) division of BAE Systems Avionics supplies tactical and strategic communications systems for all three domains, together with innovative information infrastructure and Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems, to support battlespace digitisation. The division develops defence applications based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) sub-systems and accepts development risk from customer organisations. CDI's approach features the creation of Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) with procurement specialists and user representatives, and the development of industrial alliances with other major industry centres of specialist expertise in associated fields.