Data Links and JTRS Keep US Airborne Communications Market Flying

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Data Links and JTRS Keep Airborne Communications Market Flying

21st century warfare will require advanced communucations systems

Newtown - Oct 18, 2002
According to a new study released by Forecast International, the US airborne communications market will be worth some $2.63 billion over the next decade. Data links and the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) will be driving spending in the US airborne communications market from 2002 to 2011, says the study.

Data links allow aircraft to transmit information in real- or near real-time. Soon after the United States entered Afghanistan in October of 2001, the US Air Force said it was accelerating deployment of data links, like the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS).

While 228 F-15E aircraft will carry the MIDS, more than 400 F-15C models will receive MIDS by the end of the second quarter of 2003, said Mark Cowell, author of the Forecast International analysis.

Data links will be key components of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well. The UAV proved its worth during the war in Afghanistan by supplying vital reconnaissance and targeting information to attack aircraft and command centers.

UAV demand has increased significantly since the US defeated the Taliban in Afghanistan. Forecast International expects buyers to purchase some 4,700 unmanned aerial vehicles over the next ten years.

Spending on the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program will account for 23 percent of total spending in the US airborne communications market, says the Forecast International report.

The JTRS program objective is to provide the US military with a standardized, open-architecture, software programmable radio. Cowell believes the Rockwell Collins ARC-210 will fulfill the airborne component of the JTRS program.

"Its multimode properties and ability to be modified to meet future needs gives it many of the qualities required by the JTRS program," said Cowell. "If not selected for the JTRS program, many of its features will most likely be used for the basis of the JTRS airborne radio."

Rockwell Collins is a member of the Boeing JTRS team that won the Joint Tactical Radio System contract in June 2002. Over the past few years, the ARC-210 radio has gained popularity with the US armed forces and its allies. Currently, the US military is installing the ARC-210 on several aircraft including the B-52 and the F/A?18E/F.

Forecast International projects more than 80 percent of spending in the US airborne communications market over the next decade will be on the MIDS and the JTRS.

With the current proliferation of data links and the fielding of the JTRS by mid-term of the forecast period, Forecast International expects the US airborne communications market will remain strong in the coming decade.

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