L-3 Communications Selected as Tactical Common Data Link Provider for the Army's Hunter Standoff Killer Team.Business/High Tech Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 L-3 Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LLL LLL abbr. left lower lobe (of the lung) ) announced that its Communication Systems-West division has been selected as the provider of Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL TCDL Tactical Common Data Link (US DoD Joint) ) technology by the Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) for their Hunter Standoff Killer Team (HSKT) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD). The HSKT ACTD is a six-year program comprised of a four-year Technology Demonstration (TD) followed by a two-year Extended User Evaluation (EUE). The contract is a strategic, competitively bid win for L-3. For the ACTD, TCDL technology will be integrated into the Army's AH-64D AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter, D version, with Longbow radar improvements Apache, A2C2S A2C2S Army Airborne Command and Control System Blackhawk, and Hunter UAV systems. A formal Joint Military Utility Assessment (JMUA) will be conducted in FY2004 followed by the EUE in FY2005 and FY2006. Following a successful JMUA, the Army plans to transition this new capability to a formal acquisition program to equip the Army Aviation manned and unmanned aircraft fleet, an opportunity for more than a thousand systems. TCDL has been developed to be a family of wideband, interoperable digital data links to support both unmanned and manned airborne reconnaissance platforms. Army Aviation is investigating TCDL as the interoperability standard for ground-to-air and air-to-air data links for tactical UAVs. L-3's TCDL is well matched to fulfill the HSKT requirement, providing 200 Kbps on the command link and 2-45 Mbps on the return link. Built and certified to the CDL standard, L-3 TCDL systems ensure interoperability with many air and ground platforms across all US military services. L-3 Communication Systems-West, located in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. , is a leader in communication systems for intelligence collection, imagery processing and satellite communications for the defense industry. In addition, the company provides a wide range of commercial wireless products and satellite communication systems. Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , L-3 Communications is a leading merchant supplier of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance may refer to:
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