EDO to Upgrade B-1B Bomber Defenses.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- EDO Corporation EDO Corporation (NYSE: EDO) is an American company that designs and manufactures products for defense, intelligence, and commercial markets, and provides related engineering and professional services. It employs 4,000 people worldwide and had revenues of $715 million in 2006. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EDO Edo: see Tokyo, Japan. ) has received multi-year awards for upgrades and maintenance to the AN/ALQ-161A defensive suite on the B-1B Lancer. The awards total $16 million and are expected to be completed by December 2008. The contract calls for EDO to upgrade the advanced Digital Radar Frequency Memory (DRFM DRFM Digital RF (Radio Frequency) Modulator DRFM Digital Radio-Frequency Memory ) technique generator, a key component of the defensive suite. Its function is to store threatening signals and then reproduce them in a manner that deceives enemy radars. "The AN/ALQ-161A defensive avionics suite is one of the most comprehensive electronic counter-measure packages ever built," said James M. Smith, EDO's chief executive officer. "While the original engineering concepts are sound, there are many benefits to be gained by upgrading hardware and software that was developed in the 1980s. We expect this work to yield dramatic improvements in system performance." For more than 60 years, EDO has been researching techniques to improve jamming performance, both under government contract and with internal R&D funds. Based on this research, the company has built leading positions in a number of military applications based on jamming technology as well as jamming counter-measures against a wide variety of threats. EDO Corporation designs and manufactures a diverse range of products for aerospace, defense, intelligence, and commercial markets. Major product groups include: Professional and Engineering Services, Defense Electronics, Communications, Aircraft Armament Systems, Undersea Warfare Operations conducted to establish battlespace dominance in the underwater environment, which permits friendly forces to accomplish the full range of potential missions and denies an opposing force the effective use of underwater systems and weapons. , and Integrated Composite Structures. EDO's advanced systems are at the core of the transformation to lighter, faster, and smarter defense capabilities. With headquarters in New York, EDO Corporation (www.edocorp.com) employs 4,000 people worldwide. The company was founded in 1925 and had revenues of $715 million in 2006. |
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