BAE SYSTEMS DELIVERS FIRST FCS COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOADS
06 Oct 2006
WAYNE, N.J. — BAE Systems has delivered the first communications payloads composed of Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio Systems under the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. Delivery of the system to Boeing, FCS lead system integrator, is a major step in the Army's plans to deploy the software-programmable radios on current-force Abrams tanks, Bradley Combat Systems, and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV).
As FCS communications systems integrator, BAE Systems provides electronic and mounting hardware, the radio's antenna, and integration services to deliver a complete Ground Mobile Radio system. The system is now undergoing integration testing at a Boeing lab in preparation for vehicle testing in spring 2007.
"With this milestone achievement, Future Combat Systems has moved from delivering design to delivering hardware," said Donald C. De Pree, director of FCS C4ISR for Boeing. "It's an important step toward realizing the promise of FCS by delivering systems that will provide real benefits to our fighting forces."
Ground Mobile Radio is a joint services initiative to provide a family of software-programmable radios that provide reliable, multi-channel voice, data, imagery, and video communications for mobile military users. The system is designed for compatibility with future communications waveforms and links, and also for backward compatibility with existing systems.
Deployment on the Abrams, Bradley, and HMMWV platforms is among the Army's initial "spin-outs" of incremental FCS technologies to the current force.
"For the war fighter, this system will provide significantly improved situational awareness and understanding," said Jeff Markel, president of Network Enabled Solutions for BAE Systems in Wayne, N.J. "It will provide the network capability that is the backbone of FCS for both current-force platforms and also for future-force manned and unmanned ground vehicle and unmanned air vehicles."
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is the premier trans-Atlantic defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. BAE Systems, with more than 100,000 employees worldwide, had 2005 sales that exceeded $28 billion.
For further information, please contact:
Larry Stone
BAE Systems
Tel: 607-770-3944 Cell: 607-759-2545
lawrence.w.stone@baesystems.com
Susan Lenover
BAE Systems
Tel: 703-907-8259 Cell: 703-850-1621
susan.lenover@baesystems.com
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