BAE SYSTEMS Delivers First FCS Communications Payloads.WAYNE, N.J. -- BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. has delivered the first communications payloads composed of Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio Systems under the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS FCS - Frame Check Sequence ) program. Delivery of the system to Boeing, FCS lead system integrator, is a major step in the Army's plans to deploy the software-programmable radios on current-force Abrams tanks, Bradley Combat Systems, and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV is a trademark of AM General LLC; aka HUMVEE, also a trademark of AM General LLC) ). As FCS communications systems integrator, BAE Systems provides electronic and mounting hardware, the radio's antenna, and integration services to deliver a complete Ground Mobile Radio system. The system is now undergoing integration testing (testing) integration testing - A type of testing in which software and/or hardware components are combined and tested to confirm that they interact according to their requirements. Integration testing can continue progressively until the entire system has been integrated. at a Boeing lab in preparation for vehicle testing in spring 2007. "With this milestone achievement, Future Combat Systems has moved from delivering design to delivering hardware," said Donald C. De Pree, director of FCS C4ISR C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance C4ISR Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance for Boeing. "It's an important step toward realizing the promise of FCS by delivering systems that will provide real benefits to our fighting forces." Ground Mobile Radio is a joint services initiative to provide a family of software-programmable radios that provide reliable, multi-channel voice, data, imagery, and video communications for mobile military users. The system is designed for compatibility with future communications waveforms and links, and also for backward compatibility with existing systems. Deployment on the Abrams, Bradley, and HMMWV platforms is among the Army's initial "spin-outs" of incremental FCS technologies to the current force. "For the war fighter, this system will provide significantly improved situational awareness and understanding," said Jeff Markel, president of Network Enabled Solutions for BAE Systems in Wayne, N.J. "It will provide the network capability that is the backbone of FCS for both current-force platforms and also for future-force manned and unmanned ground vehicle Unmanned ground vehicles or UGV are robotic platforms that are used as an extension of human capability. This type of robot is generally capable of operating outdoors and over a wide variety of terrain, functioning in place of humans. and unmanned air vehicles." About BAE Systems BAE Systems is the premier trans-Atlantic defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . BAE Systems, with more than 100,000 employees worldwide, had 2005 sales that exceeded $28 billion. |
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