General Dynamics delivering more digital modular radios to Navy

General Dynamics delivering more digital modular radios to Navy
by Richard Tomkins
Fairfax, Va. (UPI) Aug 11, 2015

SAIC wins Defense Logistics Agency contract
Mclean, Va. (UPI) Aug 11, 2015 - SAIC is to provide tailored support services for the Defense Logistics Agency in five states under a five-year supply chain management contract.

The single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity fixed price contract has a value of $105 million.

"SAIC has provided MRO TLS services to the south-central region since the program's inception in 1998," said Mark Escobar, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the DoD Agencies and Commands Customer Group. "We are pleased to continue to provide industry-leading logistics and supply chain management support to our DLA customers."

The contract for the MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) and tailored logistics support program is for Department of Defense and federal installations in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It allows DLA customers to order supplies and equipment.

Under the contract, SAIC will use commercial business practices to reduce total MRO logistics cost to DLA Troop Support and its customers. It will provide sourcing, procurement and delivery of MRO supplies and incidental MRO services.

Additional details of the contract were not provided.

The U.S. Navy is exercising a contract option to procure additional digital modular radios and related gear from General Dynamics Mission Systems.

The radios -- the AN/USC-61 (C) -- are capable of using the next-generation Mobile User Objective System waveform and are worth more than $29 million.

MUOS is a next-generation secure satellite communications system of the U.S. military.

A total of 56 AN/USC-61 (C) radios will be delivered under the fifth option of a 2010 contract.

"DMR is an extremely versatile radio and we continue to update its capabilities to ensure that Navy communications networks have the most advanced and secure technologies," said Mike DiBiase, vice president and general manager of C4IRS Technologies for General Dynamics Mission Systems. "MUOS is an excellent example of an advanced capability that will provide smartphone-like connectivity among military personnel working in some of the toughest, most remote environments."

General Dynamics' DRM radio is software-defined. A recent software upgrade for existing DMRs turns the four-channel radios into eight-channel devices.

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