February 25, 2019 |
International,
C4ISR
By Matthew Cox
The U.S. Army recently awarded Raytheon Co. a $406 million contract to supply the service with aviation radios over the next five years.
Raytheon will manufacture up to 5,000 ARC-231A radio systems that will be installed on the Army's existing helicopter platforms, according to a Feb. 14 company press release.
The ARC-231A meets the Pentagon's requirements for "airborne, multi-band, multi-mission, secure anti-jam voice, data and imagery transmission and provides network-capable communications in a compact radio set," according to the Raytheon website.
Full article: https://www.military.com/defensetech/2019/02/20/army-taps-raytheon-build-enhanced-radios-black-hawks-apaches.html