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BAE SYSTEMS Identification Friend Or Foe (IFF) System Selected For E-2 Advanced Hawkeye Program

16 Feb 2004

BAE Systems has been awarded a $30.4 million contract to upgrade the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system in the E-2 Advanced Hawkeye, currently in the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase. The effort, which includes new design efforts and upgrades to the E-2,s existing IFF system, will increase the U.S. Navy, s capability to network battlefield data and direct it in real time to decision makers.

The IFF system, in conjunction with an upgraded radar and antenna suite, forms the detection system for the E-2. The aircraft, which views the battlefield as a three-dimensional chessboard, detects hostile aircraft and missiles, shares data with surface ships, guides aircraft to their targets and knits the pictures of the hostilities into a coherent whole. BAE Systems Communication, Navigation, Identification and Reconnaissance (CNIR) will be a key member of the Detection Suite Integrated Product Team together with Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors, Syracuse, N.Y., which provides the radar system, and L3 Communications Randtron, Menlo Park, California, which provides the antenna suite.

Under the four-year program, BAE Systems will deliver seven preproduction systems to E-2 Northrop Grumman following qualification testing. Two of the seven systems will be installed on new E-2 Advanced Hawkeyes for the Navy. These two aircraft are the first in a series of 75 planes planned for production.

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. It 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 12 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.

BAE Systems Communication, Navigation, Identification and Reconnaissance, headquartered in Wayne, N.J., is a team of more than 2,200 professionals building technically superior solutions that transform the armed forces' communication, situational awareness, mobility, and mission effectiveness. As the worlds leading producer of IFF products, the Greenlawn, N.Y., site 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.

BAE Systems, innovating for a safer world.