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Harris Signs Lockheed as Teammate for Advanced EHF Navy Multiband Terminal Competition |
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MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 8. 2006/Satnews Daily/ ― Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2) has joined Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS as a teammate in the competition to develop the next-generation, Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT). The AEHF NMT will be installed on ships and submarines and also used on shore.
The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is scheduled to perform a competitive downselect and issue a contract in June 2007 for the design, development, integration, test and production phase of the AEHF NMT program. Should Harris win the downselect for the engineering, manufacture and development (EMD) phase, the overall value of the NMT program for the Harris team could exceed $1.4 billion by 2015.
“Lockheed Martin MS2 offers valuable submarine communications expertise and solutions for this nationally important military SATCOM program, so we are very pleased to have them join our team,” said Dan Pearson, group president - Defense Communications, Harris Government Communications Systems Division.
“Lockheed Martin also brings proven Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) experience that is recognized by the U.S. Navy, as well as a team of strong and diversified engineering professionals. They will also have roles in the EMD and production phases of the program if the Harris team is selected.”
The NMT program combines purchases for as many as 300 terminal systems for the U.S. Navy and the governments of Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Initial work on the terminals will be performed at Harris facilities in Palm Bay, Florida.
The AEHF satellite program, managed by the U.S. Air Force, is a follow-on to the DoD's highly secure and protected Milstar communications satellite system. Once fully operational, the Advanced EHF constellation will consist of three cross-linked satellites.
The U.S. Navy's NMTs will enable its afloat and shore units to communicate simultaneously from anywhere in the world via Air Force satellites, as well as other military and commercial satellites. The multiband, multimode terminals will provide deployed Navy commanders with secure command and control capability, as well as enhanced communications such as tactical data and imagery, real-time video, battlefield maps and targeting information
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