BAE SYSTEMS RECEIVES U.S. AIR FORCE CONTRACT FOR RADIO TESTING SUPPORT
24 Jan 2008 | Ref. 026/2008
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia — BAE Systems has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to support a multi-platform radio test set for electronic warfare systems. The performance-based logistics contract is part of the Department of Defense strategy to optimize the total system availability while minimizing costs associated with equipment procurement, maintenance, and transportation.
The five-month, $476,000 contract to support the Radio Frequency Transmission Line Test Set at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WRALC), Georgia, will be followed by seven one-year option periods, totaling $5.7 million. BAE Systems’ support will include equipment inspection, repair, remanufacture, and reworking; spares replenishment; testing; field-service engineering; logistics; and asset and obsolescence management.
“As the first performance-based logistics contract at Warner Robins, this lays important groundwork in helping the Air Force achieve its transformation objectives,” said Fred Cross, program manager for BAE Systems’ Readiness & Sustainment group. “By working alongside our Air Force partners, we will be able to provide the men and women in uniform with essential, effective equipment at a low cost.”
The Radio Frequency Transmission Line Test Set identifies and isolates faults in communication lines on aircraft, increasing survivability and mission capability through improved communication and system performance.
BAE Systems opened a 6,000-square-foot facility near the WRALC at Robins Air Force Base in early 2007. The facility also provides product life-cycle support services such as software upgrade development and depot support.
Establishment of the Warner Robins facility follows BAE Systems’ signing of partnership agreements in 2006 with the Air Force Logistics Center in Ogden, Utah, and the Tobyhanna Army Depot in northeast Pennsylvania. BAE Systems plans to open additional sustainment centers in support of the nation’s military forces.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is the premier global 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. With 96,000 employees worldwide, BAE Systems' sales exceeded $27 billion in 2006*.
*On a pro forma basis, assuming BAE Systems had owned Armor Holdings Inc for the whole of 2006
For further information, please contact:
Larry Stone, BAE Systems
Tel: +1 607 770 3944 Mobile: +1 607 759 2545
lawrence.w.stone@baesystems.com
Shannon Smith, BAE Systems
Tel: +1 703 907 8257 Mobile: +1 703 967 3854
shannon.n.smith@baesystems.com
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