BAE Systems to provide radio systems for U.S. Navy

Posted on 3 Feb 2015 by Victoria Fitzgerald

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a nine-year contract to support radio and communications systems design and integration for 13 surface combatant ships. The initial award is valued at more than £18.6m with the total value of the nine-year contract estimated at almost £125m.

Under the DDG VI Radio Communications Systems (RCS) contract, BAE Systems’ experts will provide systems engineering, production, and integration for 12 DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and one DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer. The company has held the RCS contract since 1985. DeEtte Gray president of BAE Systems’ Intelligence & Security sector,…

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