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BAE SYSTEMS awarded $40 million in new IFF work

07 Nov 2002

BAE Systems North America announced its Advanced Systems business recently received $40 million in two new Identification Friend or Foe systems contracts.

A $30 million contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas, will equip both U.S. and international F-16 Block 50 tactical fighter aircraft currently in production, with the AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) system.

AIFF production will total nearly 1,000 units with this new award. In recent years, the AN/APX-113, primarily used on F-16s, has expanded its base of airborne platforms including the new Electronically Scanned Antenna-equipped U.S. Air Force F-15C fighter aircraft as well as United Kingdom surveillance and maritime patrol aircraft.

"The AN/APX-113 is now a third-generation system, enabling the warfighter to expand the AIFF's capability via plug-in modules. This is particularly important to aircrews and logisticians as it will permit future IFF capability upgrades without the need to return hardware to the factory for modification," said Joe McCabe, Advanced Systems director of business development.

Advanced Systems received an additional $10 million contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., for AN/APX-117 and AN/APX-118 IFF systems. Unlike existing IFF systems, these transponders provide the capability to operate in Mode S with growth to Mode 5, which are newly adopted Department of Defense performance requirements. In addition, under a joint programme, these systems will replace, via retrofit, many existing transponders in the Navy and U.S. Army over the next several years.

About BAE SYSTEMS:

BAE Systems is a systems company, innovating for a safer world. BAE Systems employs nearly 100,000 people including Joint Ventures, and has annual sales of around 13 billion. The company offers a global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills. BAE Systems designs, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defence products. BAE Systems is dedicated to making the intelligent connections needed to deliver innovative solutions.

BAE Systems North America is a high-technology U.S. company employing more than 22,000 Americans who live and work in 29 states and Washington, D.C. The company is dedicated to solving its customers needs with both highly innovative and leading-edge solutions across the defence electronics, systems, information technology and services arenas.

BAE Systems Advanced Systems has facilities in Mt. Vernon, New York; Braintree, Massachusetts; Lansdale, Pennsylvania; and Falls Church, Virginia; with headquarters in Greenlawn, New York. As the world's leading producer of IFF products, Advanced Systems' Greenlawn site currently produces military interrogators and transponders for airborne, shipboard and air defence applications worldwide, and maintains a long history in the design, development and manufacturing of military communications, electronic identification, displays, antennas, and anti-submarine warfare products.