L-3 Awarded $81.8 Million Contract to Supply SATCOM Terminals to the Australian Defence Force
May 12 2015 - 12:07PM
Business Wire
L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that it has been
awarded an $81.8 million contract from Raytheon Australia to supply
the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with 236 Very Small Aperture
Terminals (VSATs), additional support equipment, and training as
part of Joint Project 2008 Phase 5B1. This program will further
enable the ADF to utilize the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system,
significantly increasing their satellite communications
capabilities. Two L-3 business units, Global Communications
Solutions (GCS) and Linkabit, will perform on this contract, with
hardware deliveries expected to be completed this year.
The contract will deliver L-3 GCS's Hawkeye™ and Panther™ family
of VSAT terminals, integrated with L-3 Linkabit’s MPM family of
modems, and includes the option to purchase additional terminals
and equipment. These terminals will enable ADF troops on the ground
to benefit from increased data rates and a higher level of network
performance. This award comes as a follow-on to the $35 million
Joint Project 2008 Phase 3H contract awarded to L-3 in 2013 for 54
Hawkeye III Lite VSATs and support equipment.
“The L-3 GCS SATCOM terminals are attractive to the Australian
military for a number of reasons, including their certification for
use on the WGS and their reputation within the U.S. Department of
Defense for quality, performance and reliability. Australia is an
emerging market for WGS-certified terminals and we look forward to
building on the valued relationship we share with our Australian
partners,” said Bob Jacobson, president of L-3 GCS and L-3’s
Tactical SATCOM sector.
“This contract is a significant international win for L-3 and
demonstrates the cross-division synergies that enhance our
expertise at L-3 GCS and L-3 Linkabit,” said John Mega, president
of L-3’s Communication Systems group. “As we expand these product
lines and increase L-3’s footprint in the international SATCOM
market, we will continue to collaborate with our customers to
develop benchmark communication systems that anticipate and exceed
their well-defined needs efficiently and affordably.”
L-3 Linkabit provides full-mesh IP over SATCOM solutions that
enable mobile and halted forces to collaborate, access Global
Information Grid (GIG) resources, and exchange voice, data and
video in a tactical environment. L-3 Linkabit’s Network-Centric
Waveform (NCW), embedded in the MPM-1000 modem product family, has
been uniquely designed to capitalize on the special features and
benefits of the WGS satellite. NCW is highly dynamic and adaptable
to changing link conditions thereby providing users with a high
degree of link availability — even in challenging RF environments.
It also enables efficient use of available bandwidth and provides
communication capabilities in remote environments where no
infrastructure exists. To learn more about L-3 Linkabit, please
visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com/Linkabit.
Located in Rochester, N.Y., L-3 GCS is a leading global provider
of SATCOM systems that integrate data, broadband Internet,
telephony, multimedia, audio, video and computer networking. These
rugged, easily deployed systems are widely used by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, other
federal agencies, foreign government customers and commercial
customers. To learn more about L-3 GCS, please visit the company’s
website at www.L-3com.com/GCS.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 employs approximately 45,000
people worldwide and is a prime contractor in aerospace systems and
national security solutions. L-3 is also a leading provider of a
broad range of communication and electronic systems and products
used on military and commercial platforms. The company reported
2014 sales of $12.1 billion.
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