Raytheon Co., Falls Church, Va., is being awarded a $5,000,000 not-to-exceed order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement - N00019-02-G-0350 - from Naval Air Systems Command - Brief Article

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, May 26, 2003

Raytheon Co., Falls Church, Va., is being awarded a $5,000,000 not-to-exceed order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-02-G-0350) for requirements development and initial design of the Block 3 Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) data control processor, data link controls and payload processing and preparation of an engineering plan to integrate thetactical control system (TCS) Block 3 into existing ship intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

The TCS will provide a single unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mission planning, command and control, data processing and dissemination system for operation of the medium altitude endurance (MAE) and tactical family of UAVs, along with full interoperability with Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, MAE UAV, future tactical UAVs and GHMD UAV. Work will be performed in Falls Church, Va. (80%), and Rancho Bernardo, Calif. (20%), and is expected to be completed in December 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.