US Space Force Awards L3Harris Technologies $500 Million IDIQ Contract for Anti-Jam Satellite Communications Modem
April 23 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Provides secure, anti-jam satellite communications
- Leverages proven, protected tactical waveform technology
- Optimized for high-production manufacturing rates
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)
has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) a five-year, $500
million ceiling, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ)
contract — with an initial delivery order of $30.6 million — for
the Air Force and Army Anti-jam Modem (A3M). A3M provides the
Department of the Air Force and Army with a secure, wideband,
anti-jam satellite communications terminal modem for tactical
satellite communication operations. The contract and order were
received in the first quarter of 2020.
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The A3M technology solution enhances the
warfighter’s ability to communicate critical data by maintaining
resilient and secure satellite communications in highly congested
and contested environments that include the presence of adversarial
jamming. (Photo: Business Wire)
“With the proliferation and growing sophistication of threats in
the electromagnetic spectrum, it has become increasingly important
to enhance protected communications capabilities for the
warfighter,” said Dana Mehnert, President, Communication Systems,
L3Harris. “The A3M technology solution enhances the warfighter’s
ability to communicate critical data by maintaining resilient and
secure satellite communications in highly congested and contested
environments that include the presence of adversarial jamming.”
L3Harris will collaborate with SMC for the design, development,
fabrication, integration, certification and testing of Block 1
modems for use in the Air Force Ground Multiband Terminal and the
Army Satellite Transportable Terminal. The jam-resistant modems
support SMC’s Protected Tactical Waveform technology, an anti-jam
capability operating on military satellite communication terminals
through the Wideband Global Satcom constellation.
The L3Harris modems are optimized for high-rate production and
are designed to become an integral part of the service’s growing
Protected Anti-Jam Tactical Service enterprise. Several airborne
and ground-based platforms and thousands of terminals across the
Department of Defense have been identified as transition candidates
to the Protected Tactical Waveform.
About L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense
technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet
customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced
defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space
and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual
revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in 130 countries.
L3Harris.com.
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