Jane Edwards
A joint venture of BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins will produce and provide U.S. and allied forces with lot 4 Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals under a potential $51.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy.
Data Link Solutions will perform work in Iowa and New Jersey through August 2017 under the award from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, DLS said Tuesday.
MIDS JTRS works to support tactical voice, data and video communications between joint and coalition forces across air, sea and land-based platforms.
Jack Stevens, a director at DLS, said the contract reflects the company’s efforts to provide Link 16 aerial networking systems and software-defined radio platforms built for tactical data links.
