Comanche To Get Major Milspace Upgrade

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Comanche To Get Milspace Upgrade

Command and control integration into US space assets continues across virtually all weapons platforms such as this RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter

San Diego - Jun 22, 2003
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $220 million award to expand the integrated communications, navigation and identification (CNI) functionalities for the U.S. Army's RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter.

The award increases the Comanche development contract to $428 million for the company's Space Technology sector. The sector's San Diego-based Radio Systems will develop and incorporate three additional sophisticated communications capabilities for the Comanche's integrated CNI avionics suite.

"This award will allow us to extend our development of Comanche avionics to support enhanced situational awareness and synchronized operations of all forces," said Dave Vandervoet, vice president, Radio Systems. "It also leverages our work on the F/A-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to further reduce the size and weight of the Comanche integrated CNI avionics."

Additional capabilities for the Comanche's integrated CNI avionics include:

Enhanced Position Locating Reporting System via the Tactical Internet;
Link 16 -- joint-service digital data link for interconnecting a variety of platforms; and
Satellite communications -- long-range, beyond-line-of-sight communication.

Northrop Grumman's integrated CNI avionics feature modular, software-programmable radios that simultaneously carry out numerous tasks and dynamically reconfigure functionalities. Northrop Grumman Space Technology's Comanche package comprises advanced capabilities such as friend-or-foe identification of approaching aircraft, and secure multiwave, multiband, multimode wireless communications.

The Comanche development team also includes Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector, based in Baltimore, which supplies the Comanche's fire control radar, integrated mission computer and target acquisition system software.

The RAH-66 Comanche, the Army's 21st century armed reconnaissance helicopter, is being developed by Army Aviation and a team of leading aerospace companies headed by The Boeing Company and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.

The Comanche is the world's most advanced rotorcraft and reflects the Army's transformation plan as the first element in the future Objective Force. The scout-and-attack helicopter features an advanced integrated avionics system, noise and infrared suppression, and an environment control system that protects against chemical and biological threats.

Space Technology's Radio Systems is providing the integrated CNI avionics for all next-generation manned military aircraft. Northrop Grumman Space Technology is a leader in the development of space systems and payloads for environmental, space science, communications and military applications.

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