ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) Company, has been awarded a $5.9 million contract modification to provide additional sites for the Battle Control System (BCS) – Fixed, Spiral 1 for the United States Air Force.

Thursday September 18, 2003

The BCS program provides the replacement system for the current Regional Air Operations Center/Air Defense Sector delivered in 1984 by Hughes Command and Control Systems, Fullerton Calif., which is now ThalesRaytheonSystems Company, . The initial BCS-Fixed (BCS-F), Spiral 1 contract, awarded in April 2003, provides fixed site installations at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Pacific Command. The system provides commanders with an interoperable, open-architecture air defense command and control platform in support of NORAD’s homeland defense mission. The contract modification adds three additional sites: the North East Air Defense Sector, Rome, N.Y.; the Western Air Defense Sector located at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.; and the Alaskan Regional Air Operations Center at Elmendorf, Alaska. Future options are included for the spiral development of BCS , including its use in the mobile Control and Reporting Centers, often referred to as BCS-Mobile.

Total funds for the contract have been obligated by the contracting activity, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. The work will be accomplished in Fullerton, Calif., and will be completed by December 2004.

ThalesRaytheonSystems is a transatlantic joint venture (JV) between Raytheon Company and Thales Group. ThalesRaytheonSystems is a worldwide supplier of air defense command and control centers (ADCC) and ground based battlefield radars.
Annual income is approximately 700 million dollars with nearly 2000 people employed.

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