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BAE Systems to provide engineering and integration for US Navy comms

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems, Inc. a $140 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for communications engineering support and integration services.



Above: BAE Systems will provide effective, reliable, secure and advanced communications systems to protect and support US national security mission capabilities.
Courtesy BAE Systems

From concept through deployment, the company will customise command, control, communications, computer and intelligence (C4I) systems to ensure America’s warfighters have reliable and secure communications across all domains. The contract – which BAE Systems has won for the past 40 years – includes one base ordering year with four option years.

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“We are pleased to continue our longstanding partnership with the Navy in supporting secure and robust military operations worldwide,” said Lisa Hand, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions business. “As the threat landscape continues to evolve, maintaining an information advantage through secure information technology (IT) systems is critical. We deliver advanced C4I systems with surety that information access and data transmission are secure and reliable.”
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Through this contract, BAE Systems will support the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Webster Outlying Field Integrated Command and Control (C2) and Intelligence Division’s mission with rapid response solutions to close critical communication capability gaps. In addition to engineering design and integration of legacy, current, and next-generation exterior communications, BAE Systems will also provide technical support for IT infrastructure, electronic security systems, and audio-visual and video-teleconferencing.

 

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