ThalesRaytheonSystems has signed a 70 M€ contract with the French defense procurement agency, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA), to develop a demonstrator for a new generation of air defense radar.
Monday September 29, 2003

The contract will be conducted in partnership with the Thales Group. The demonstrator production will mark the first phase in the d evelopment of a new generation of mobile, multi-functional, modular radars (M3R) and a new line of products. With unprecedented range capabilities on low radar cross-section targets such as cruise missiles, these radars will provide an effective response to a diverse threat environment encompassing both conventional air defense and antitactical ballistical missile (ATBM) low-level and very low-level threats.

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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.

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ThalesRaytheonSystems receives $22.3 million for U.S. Air Force Battle Control System
Wednesday May 21, 2003

ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) Company has been awarded a $22.3 million dollar firm-fixed price contract to provide the Battle Control System (BCS) Fixed, Spiral 1 for the United States Air Force. The BCS program will provide the replacement system for the current Regional Air Operations Center/Air Defense Sector (RAOC-ADS) delivered in 1984 by Hughes Command and Control Systems, Fullerton, Calif., which is now ThalesRaytheonSystems Company . The BCS Fixed (BCS-F), Spiral 1 program will provide fixed site installations at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Pacific Command commanders with an interoperable, open-architecture air defense command and control platform in support of ORAD’s Homeland Defense Mission. The contract includes $7.7 million in options for installation of BCS at four additional sites. Future options are included for the spiral development of BCS, including its use in the mobile Control and Reporting Centers (CRCs), often referred to as BCS Mobile BCS-M). 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 January 2005.

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ThalesRaytheonSystems signs $8.9 million contract with the U. S. Air and Missile Command - AMCOM - to provide Life Cycle Contractor Support for the US Army AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel Radars
Monday February 3, 2003

ThalesRaytheonSystems , has been awarded an $8.9 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide required material, repair parts, maintenance, and information system management necessary to support the Sentinel AN/MPQ-64 radars fielded by the US Army.

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ThalesRaytheonSystems, receives added $38 million for weapon locating radars for India.
Friday January 31, 2003

ThalesRaytheonSystems, has received a $38 million contract modification award, which increases the quantity of AN/TPQ-37(V)3 Weapon Locating Radars sold to India in a Foreign Military Sale contract, as well as training, technical support and spare parts through the first quarter of 2008. This contract modification brings the overall contract value to $142.4 million.

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ThalesRaytheonSystems, has been awarded a $45 million dollar firm-fixed price contract to upgrade TPQ-36A Air Surveillance Radars for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF).
Monday January 27, 2003

The RNoAF’s TPQ-36A is the predecessor system to the AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel Air Defense Radar, a highly mobile ground-based air defense unit currently fielded within the US Army and four other nations.

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