Raytheon awarded $9.7m
Raytheon has won a $9.7m contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to design and develop the next-generation wideband common data link for active electronically scanned array radar systems.
The objective of the Radar Common Data Link program is to enable tactical assets such as combat aircraft to quickly pass on non-traditional ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) data to users in the military and intelligence communities.
‘The Radar Common Data Link program will provide fast tactical communications in the battlespace,’ said Nick Uros, vice president for the Advanced Concepts and Technology group of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. ‘But perhaps even more significant, it also can serve as a linchpin for a network-centric warfare environment linking various computer and communication systems to ensure that timely, secure and accurate information is available to a wide range of military users.’
Raytheon has developed and deployed AESA radar systems for the air force F-15 and the navy F/A-18. The air force also employs the company's AESA technology in radar systems for the B-2 and the F-22A.
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