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23 Jun 14. The first two-channel AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios ordered by the U.S. Army and built by General Dynamics C4 Systems (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) are being delivered to the U.S. Army. The order, placed in January for 1,500 additional PRC-155 Manpack radios, is part of a Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract supporting the Army’s fielding requirements. The last PRC-155 radio ordered by this LRIP will be delivered to the Army in November. “We will continue to produce the PRC-155 Manpack radios, which provide soldiers with the most advanced and cyber-secure communications capability proven effective by soldiers and commanders in Afghanistan, as directed by the Army,” said Chris Marzilli, president of General Dynamics C4 Systems. The two-channel PRC-155 Manpack radios, rigorously tested and evaluated as directed by the Army, help improve soldiers’ and commanders’ situational awareness for faster decision-making in response to changing mission conditions. The first LRIP contract for 100 AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios was awarded to General Dynamics in 2011. The second LRIP contract, awarded in 2012, ordered 3,726 two-channel Manpack radios. With the completion of the current follow-on LRIP production order, the Army will own more than 5,300 PRC-155 Manpack radios. Two vendors, General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins, are under contract to build the radios that support more than 8,000 technical jobs including more than 92 small business and 750 workers nationwide.
25 Jun 14. Northrop Grumman Corporation is incorporating the newest cockpit technology and open architecture design in both fixed- and rotary-wing platforms. The cornerstones of Northrop Grumman’s integrated, open system are mature and proven technology, as well as a partitioned software architecture that minimizes life cycle cost while enabling easy capability upgrades well into the future. “By incorporating the latest open architecture technology into our mission equipment package, which is highly open and upgradable, we have achieved a system architecture that protects the government’s investment over the long haul for multiple platforms,” said Ike Song, vice president, Situational Awareness Systems, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. “Our avionics solutions continue to demonstrate superior performance and low life cycle costs compared with less robust architectures.” Northrop Grumman’s digital cockpit solution features an integrated architecture that can be applied to multiple platforms, including AH-64D/E Apache, H-60L Black Hawk and CH 47D/F Chinook helicopters, through a single software package. Northrop Grumman utilizes model-based design for operational flight program software that is certifiable under the new DO 178C standards and that allows the pilot vehicle interface to be easily replicated on multiple platforms, simplifying aircrew training and the transition between multiple aircraft types. The Northrop Grumman Mission Equipment Package employs a Federal Aviation Administration/European Aviation Safety Agency certified flight management system that is fully compliant with U.S. and European communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management standards. Additionally, the avionics system is Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) compliant, enabling rapid capability insertion while reducing cost and risk for system integration and upgrades. Northrop Grumman provides full, unlimited government purpose rights to technical data and software, providing the customer with unprecedented flexibility while minimizing vendor lock and obsolescence issues. Vendor lock is also eliminated through the partitioned software architecture for the operational flight program. At the heart of Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Avionics System that powers cockpits are its dual mission computer