PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 12 May 2010. U.S. Navy officials are asking Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to provide additional AN/ARC-210(V) multimode military radio communicationsavionics for the EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft, the F/A-18E/F jet fighter-bomber, the F-16 Block 40 jet fighter, and U.S. European Command aircraft.
Rockwell Collins will provide the additional military radio systems under terms of an $11 million contract announced Tuesday by Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.
The contract calls for Rockwell Collins to provide 40 RT-1556B receiver transmitters, 144 RT-1851A(C) receiver transmitters, and 143 MT-4935 mounting bases; it combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army.
The AN/ARC-210 multimode integrated communications system provides two-way multimode voice and data communications in the 30 to 512 MHz frequency range in either normal, secure, or jam-resistant modes via line-of-sight or satellite communications.
The RT-1556 transceiver can be loaded with Have-Quick II, Have-Quick IIA, SINCGARS V, and SATURN radio communications waveforms. The radio system may be controlled by the MIL-STD-1553B avionics databus.
Rockwell Collins will do the work in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and should be finished by December 2011. For more information contact Rockwell Collins online at www.rockwellcollins.com, or Naval Air Systems Command at http://www.navair.navy.mil/.
