Rockwell Collins announces $59 million in defense contracts
April 16--Rockwell Collins announced defense and research contract awards Monday with a combined potential value of over $59 million.
The largest of the three was a contract to upgrade two U.S. Navy E-2 C Weapon System trainers and one simulated maintenance trainer.
The program has a potential value of $38 million over the life of the contract with options. It calls for Rockwell Collins to deliver operational software concurrency updates and instructor operator station improvements to enhance aircrew training.
In addition to the E-2C contract, Rockwell Collins has been selected as prime contractor for the major training system on the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the Navy's replacement for the E-2C.
The E-2C is an early warning command and control aircraft.
Separately, Rockwell Collins announced Monday that its Data Link Solutions joint venture with BAE Systems has been awarded a $13.5 million order to provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System on Ship Link-16 systems for large ship and ground-based applications. The award will include 13 MIDS on Ship systems delivered through May 2013.
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a $7.8 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a power amplifier that will significantly reduce the power consumption of military communications equipment.
"This amplifier will enable radios to transmit complex waveforms, such as the Wideband Networking Waveform, and commercial waveforms such as 4-GLTE, with more than 75 percent power efficiency as compared to 50 percent today," said John Borghese, vice president of the Rockwell Collins Advanced Technology Center.
"This new capability will improve warfighter effectiveness by allowing access to networked real time data, video and voice information without the weight burden of more batteries or equipment."
The Microscale Power Conversion program contract through 2014, calls for Rockwell Collins to conduct research and develop innovative solutions to create a high linearity radio frequency transmitter capable of very wide bandwidth amplitude modulation with a minimum of wasted energy
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