BAE to upgrade Doppler navigation systems
BAE Systems has been selected by the US Army to provide touch screen computer display units (CDU) as an upgrade to the company’s ASN-128 Doppler GPS navigation system on UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopters, the company announced on 31 July.
The task order was awarded to BAE Systems under a current $226 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The army plans to use the ASN-128 systems through 2035, and the upgrades will support safe operation for pilots by minimising heads-down tasks.
The self-contained, all-weather, day or night navigation Doppler navigation system enables Black Hawk pilots to view real-time flight plan data. The system provides accurate, independent, jam-resistant navigation in friendly and hostile environments and in operational situations where interference with GPS is possible. The system automatically selects Doppler navigation in GPS-denied environments.
The CDUs will be produced at BAE Systems’ facility in Wayne, New Jersey with the circuit card production in Austin, Texas. The initial order of 250 CDUs will be delivered in 2019 and 2020.
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