Motorola, Westinghouse team to bid on Army's Joint STARS Common Ground Station contract.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1995--Motorola Government and Space Technology Group (GSTG) and Westinghouse Electronic Systems announce the formation of a team for the U.S. Army's Joint STARS Common Ground Station (CGS) program.

The Common Ground Station is the latest system in the Army's Joint STARS ground station evolution, providing real-time surveillance, targeting and reconnaissance information, data and imagery directly to battlefield commanders. The CGS employing the latest in state-of-the-art technology, will provide the Force XXI Army, the joint task force and our allies with the capability to support the time-critical information needs of a rapidly deploying force into the 21st Century.

Motorola has been a leader in ground station programs and member of the Army/Air Force JSTARS team since 1983 and produced the initial ground stations deployed in support of U.S. and Coalition Forces in Operation Desert Storm. The ground stations were used by field commanders with great success to track and target Iraqi enemy equipment and troop movements.

Westinghouse has been a leader in imagery receipt and manipulation through the development of the Enhanced Tactical Radar Correlator (ETRAC) which serves as the ground station under the Army Space Program Office for receipt of radar imagery from the Air Force U-2R. Westinghouse is also developing ground stations for various reconnaissance and targeting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in support of both strategic and tactical missions.

"The Motorola/Westinghouse team has field-proven expertise in imagery processing, targeting surveillance and information processing in ground station applications across multiple platforms," says Mark Fried, vice president and director of GSTG's Communications Systems Operation.

"The team is uniquely qualified to design and develop modular/reconfigurable open architecture systems for a range of platforms. Additionally, GSTG's access to Motorola commercial-off-the-shelf technology enables the CGS to take advantage of the latest technologies without costly development."

"Westinghouse will bring real-time image processing and exploitation capabilities to the Common Ground Station, as well as extensive experience in Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) requirements," says Robert Iorizzo, general manager, Westinghouse Space Division.

Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone; two-way radio; paging and data communications; personal communications; and automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Communications devices, computers and millions of consumer products are powered by Motorola Semiconductors. Sales in 1994 were $22.2B.

Westinghouse Electric Corp. is a world leader in producing airborne and ground-based radar, electronic warfare equipment, airspace management systems, space sensors, home security systems, and information processing systems. Sales in 1994 were $9B.

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