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L-3 Awarded Contract to Support the U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network |
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2006/Satnews Daily/ ― L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced on Thursday that its Telemetry-West (L-3 Telemetry-West) division has been selected to provide High Power Amplifiers (HPAs) to Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI) in support of the U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network Contract (SCNC). After a rigorous selection process, this award has culminated in an HPA design that will serve the future commanding needs of the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) for many years to come, L-3 said.
The AFSCN is a network of two communications and operational control centers and multiple antennas located at nine sites worldwide. These ground stations are the vital communications link between the National Command Authorities and U.S. forces worldwide. Honeywell has competitively selected L-3 Telemetry-West to provide the multi-kilowatt HPAs. The new design provides for improved satellite command capabilities.
The SCNC program consolidates development, systems engineering, integration and sustainment functions into one contract for the AFSCN. Honeywell will replace the existing communications technologies that make up the ground network and tracking systems of the AFSCN with improved components and antenna systems, providing new capabilities to ensure the system is operational 24 hours a day.
L-3 Telemetry-West is the heritage supplier of the AFSCN Automated Remote Tracking Station (ARTS) HPAs now in service worldwide to support Space Ground Link System (SGLS) command capabilities. The new award, L-3 said, will lead to development and production contracts to replace the ARTS HPAs with both SGLS and Unified S-Band (USB) command capability to allow expanded transmission into both L- and S-Band frequencies.
L-3 Telemetry-West leads the industry in producing a wide array of telemetry products, including SGLS and USB spaceborne command/telemetry transponders, as well as satellite command and control ground software that interfaces with the AFSCN ground network. These satellite telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) products all have a strong heritage in providing customers with highly effective mission solutions.
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