Data Link Solutions (DLS) awarded a $20 million contract to deliver MIDS-LVTs to US and coalition forces
Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, has been awarded a $20 million contract from the US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide Link-16 terminals to US and coalition forces. These Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVTs) provide real-time data communications, situational awareness, navigation and - in some cases - digital voice, all in a jam-resistant, crypto-secured package.
This award includes radios for US platforms - such as the MH-60R, MH-60S and F/A-18 - and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, including Finland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Japan.
"This contract broadens DLS's international base and allows our International Partners for Peace access to all the MIDS family of products and ancillary equipment," said DLS Director Steve Overbeck.
This award also includes additional MIDS-LVT(2/11) terminals for US applications and customers, including the US Army, Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN), and Joint Forces Command. The MIDS-LVT(2/11) is specifically designed for US Army Patriot Information Coordination Central and Battery Command Posts and Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control Units.
Work will be performed in Wayne, New Jersey, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed by December 2011. The MIDS program is managed by the MIDS Program Office in San Diego.
"DLS is committed to providing warfighters protected access to the time-critical information they need to efficiently complete their missions," said Overbeck. "DLS is the only company that today provides all MIDS terminal configurations within a complete Link-16 system."
Source: DLS
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