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.

We are extremely proud to be chosen again as the supplier of the U.S. national system, said TRS US Operations Chief Executive Officer, Kim Kerry. We are committed to bringing our resources and knowledge in air defense and air operations to provide the most modern and capable system to the U. S. Air Force in accomplishing the air defense mission. We respect the vote of confidence that our customers have placed in us, and we look forward to building on our record of performance for this important program. We have been providing this type of air defense system to customers for over forty years and have many repeat satisfied customers including both the United States and NATO. ThalesRaytheonSystems is also providing the new NATO ACCS Air Command and Control system to replace its existing NADGE system.

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 air defence battlefield radars. Annual income is approximately 700 million dollars with nearly 2000 people employed.

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