Loral awarded contract to develop integrated battle management system for the Air Force.Loral Command and Control Systems, a division of Loral Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LOR), has been awarded a $35 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base Hanscom Air Force Base, initially and briefly designated Bedford Army Air Base, is a U.S. Air Force facility in Bedford, Massachusetts. It is the headquarters of the Electronic Systems Center (ESC), one of the product centers of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). , to develop an automated system for the planning and execution of air campaigns. Work on this contract began immediately, and the contract has options that will bring the total value to $143 million through 2001. Coupled with Loral's contracts for the Defense Department's Defense Message System (DMS) and the Air Force's Global Transportation Network (GTN GTN gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. ), this program is viewed as a major component of the Department of Defense's Global Command and Control System Highly mobile, deployable command and control system supporting forces for joint and multinational operations across the range of military operations, any time and anywhere in the world with compatible, interoperable, and integrated command, control, communications, computers, and (GCCS GCCS Global Command and Control System (US DoD) GCCS Global Climate Change and Society GCCS Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics GCCS Global Command Control Station GCCS Generic Call Control Service GCCS Global Combat Control System ), which seeks to provide a seamless and complete information system that gives total battle space information to war fighters in each service branch simultaneously without delay. The award of the battle management core system contract puts Loral in a strong position to meet the requirements of the upcoming Air Command and Control System, a major NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. initiative that would provide similar theater battle information to allied nations. Under the six-year contract, known as the Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS TBMCS Theater Battle Management Core Systems (US DoD) ), Loral will integrate separate operations and intelligence information systems into one umbrella system that will provide tactical air forces with a seamless, automated command, control and intelligence system for planning and executing air campaigns to support U.S. and multinational battle operations. The new system will allow greater flexibility in planning and reacting to changes in an air campaign by speeding up the flow of information from the joint task force commander to the cockpit. The new system combines the Contingency Theater Automated Planning System, the Wing Command and Control System and the Combat Intelligence System programs. The combined core system will be the Air Force's primary component of the Defense Department's evolving Global Command and Control System. Loral Command and Control Systems is the core system's prime contractor. The company has responsibility for program management; system design and development; engineering and integration; and configuration and logistics management. The company also will provide site activation, support and training. Loral's teammates and their roles: - GDE Systems, San Diego, will focus on mission planning applications, imagery management and processing, on-line training, targeting and weaponeering weap·on·eer n. 1. One who prepares a nuclear weapon for release. 2. One who designs weapons, especially nuclear weapons. weap , object request broker See ORB. (programming) Object Request Broker - (ORB) Part of the OMG CORBA specification, an ORB's basic function is to pass method invocation requests to the correct objects and return the results to the caller. technology and site activation and support. - Sterling Software, Rome, N.Y., will provide mapping, charting and geographic referencing applications, communications, intelligence applications, targeting and weaponeering, database design, releasability and site activation and support. - GTE Government Systems, Needham Heights, Mass., will provide communications design, engineering and interface, communications applications, common core development and database design. - FGM, Herndon, Va., will develop database management system technology and Navy and other joint interfaces. - Geodynamics, Colorado Springs, Colo., will provide expertise in electronic intelligence and space-to-theater interfaces. Loral Command and Control Systems, Colorado Springs,Colo., is one of the Air Force's primary contractors in command and control, and develops and supports strategic and tactical command, control and communications systems in the areas of space defense, strategic force management and fixed and transportable command and control centers. Loral Corporation, 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. , is a high- technology company that primarily concentrates in defense electronics, communications, space and systems integration. CONTACT: Loral Corp. Joseph Tedino (703) 416-5540 |
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