BAE SYSTEMS Receives $70 Million Contract For Radar Map Display Subsystem On U.K. Tornado Aircraft
09 Feb 2004
ROCHESTER, U.K. -- BAE Systems Platform Solutions has been awarded a $70 million contract to provide 128 radar map display subsystems for U.K. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 ground attack aircraft. The companys Avionic Systems business unit will supply the equipment to BAE Systems Customer Support & Solutions of Warton, U.K., prime contractor and aircraft platform integrator for the Tornado Advanced Radar/Map Display Information System, or TARDIS.
The award follows the U.K. Defence Logistics Organisations recent award of a Tornado GR4 cockpit upgrade contract, valued at about $150 million, to Customer Support & Solutions.
Rochester-based Avionic Systems will develop the systems Radar Map Display Processor at its facility in Edinburgh, U.K. The processors display head is designed around a 12.8-inch active-matrix liquid-crystal display that is produced using patented fabrication capabilities developed by Avionic Systems. TARDIS will replace obsolete radar projected map display and digital scan converter systems currently used in the Tornados rear cockpit.
The system provides the latest in radar processing, graphics, and map generation software and represents a significant technological advance for the Royal Air Force Tornado fleet, said Sue Wood, managing director of BAE Systems Avionic Systems. Trials carried out to date on prototype units have been very well received by the RAF user community.
Another major element of TARDIS, the Radar Video Processor, is being supplied by BAE Systems Sensor Systems Division, based in Edinburgh.
As TARDIS prime contractor, BAE Systems Customer Support & Solutions will complete system development, conduct flight trials, and modify the 140-strong GR4 fleet to receive the new displays. Installations will begin this summer to meet an aircraft in-service date of August 2006.
About BAE SYSTEMS
BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery, and support of advanced defence and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea, and in space. The company designs, manufactures, and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, and guided weapon systems. It is a pioneer in technology with a heritage stretching back hundreds of years and is at the forefront of innovation, working to develop the next generation of intelligent defence systems.
BAE Systems has major operations across five continents and customers in some 130 countries. The company employs more than 90,000 people and generates annual sales of approximately 19 billion through its wholly owned and joint-venture operations.
BAE Systems North America is a high-technology U.S. company employing more than 25,000 people who live and work in some 30 states, the District of Columbia, and the United Kingdom. The company is dedicated to solving its customers needs with highly innovative and leading edge solutions across the defence electronics, systems, information technology, and services arenas.
The companys Platform Solutions Sector provides a wide range of products and capabilities that include fly-by-wire flight controls, digital autopilots and flight directors, full-authority digital engine controls, inertial sensors and navigation guidance systems, displays, integrated avionics, power management systems, unmanned aerial vehicle systems, low-visibility precision landing systems, air traffic management systems, launch-vehicle controls, and hybrid electric vehicle drive systems. The sector is based in Johnson City, N.Y., and employs more than 6,000 people at facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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