- July 15, 2008, 10:28 AM
L-3 Communications announced here at Farnborough a number of significant contracts. From the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory comes a $34 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for L-3 Wescam’s MX series of 15-inch and 20-inch EO/IR sensor turrets. Deliveries begin immediately and are intended for use in the airborne reconnaissance low and persistent threat detection system (PTDS) programs. ARL is a multi-sensor reconnaissance system based on a de Havilland Canada Dash 7 platform, known by the designation EO-5C. PTDS is a tethered aerostat system.
The Wescam division has also been chosen to provide imaging systems for the interoperable Griffon reconnaissance escort surveillance system (INGRESS) for the Canadian forces’ Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopters. INGRESS will be supplied from later this year in two configurations, one for ISR operations and one for escort. The system is based on Wescam’s MX-15 True HD stabilized cameras, along with recorders, displays, moving map displays and video downlinks.
In other L-3 news released this week, the company announced the creation of a Wescam service center at Cairns, Queensland, in partnership with Cobham Aviation Australia. The center will provide maintenance for both civil and military Wescam customers in the Asia-Pacific region. Wescam will also be able to support its European customers better with the addition of improved services at its UK-based service center, operated by the Defence Support Group. A collimator and pixel mapping station are being added to the existing center, with additional staff.
Another company division, L-3 Display Systems, announced a follow-on order from Saab for 100 multi-function displays for ongoing Gripen work. L-3 Communications has already supplied more than 500 such displays.
The Wescam division has also been chosen to provide imaging systems for the interoperable Griffon reconnaissance escort surveillance system (INGRESS) for the Canadian forces’ Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopters. INGRESS will be supplied from later this year in two configurations, one for ISR operations and one for escort. The system is based on Wescam’s MX-15 True HD stabilized cameras, along with recorders, displays, moving map displays and video downlinks.
In other L-3 news released this week, the company announced the creation of a Wescam service center at Cairns, Queensland, in partnership with Cobham Aviation Australia. The center will provide maintenance for both civil and military Wescam customers in the Asia-Pacific region. Wescam will also be able to support its European customers better with the addition of improved services at its UK-based service center, operated by the Defence Support Group. A collimator and pixel mapping station are being added to the existing center, with additional staff.
Another company division, L-3 Display Systems, announced a follow-on order from Saab for 100 multi-function displays for ongoing Gripen work. L-3 Communications has already supplied more than 500 such displays.
