PARIS, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Command Systems International (ACSI), a
joint venture equally owned by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTNA; RTNB) and
Thomson-CSF, has been awarded four additional NATO Air Command and Control
Level of Capability 1 (ACCS LOC1) contracts for work associated with
validation sites in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy. The combined value of
these contracts is approximately $125 million.
The contracts were issued by the four nations as a follow-on to the
approximately $500 million contract award to ACSI in July 1999 by the NATO Air
Command and Control Management Agency (NACMA). This overall program will
provide NATO with a fully interoperable, common air operations command and
control system to support all offensive and defensive air operations, as well
as military air traffic control, command and control resource management, and
airspace management for NATO countries in Europe.
The ACCS LOC1 is a replacement for the existing NATO air command and
control system -- the NATO Air Defense Ground Environment -- installed in the
1970s. It will also provide centralized command and decentralized execution
capability through a combination of an in-place static backbone and a
deployable ACCS component called a DAC.
The implementation of ACCS will take place in several increments, known as
levels of operational capability (LOC). The first increment is LOC1.
The ACCS LOC1 program covers the development of the core software and its
testing at the system test and validation facility under the NACMA contract,
the development of the national adaptation software and the validation of the
LOC1 system at four operational sites under the four national contracts
recently awarded. Subsequent replication at other operational sites is
expected in the coming years.
Under two of the contracts for France and Italy, ACSI will develop two
sites, which include a Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), an Air Control
Center (ACC), a Recognized Air Picture Production Center (RPC) and a Sensor
Fusion Post (SFP). Under the Belgium contract, ACSI will develop a site which
includes an ACC, an RPC and a SFP. Under the German contract, ACSI will
develop a Combined Air Operations Center.
Air Command Systems International is headquartered in Paris, France. ACSI
was formed in December 1996 for the pursuit and execution of the NATO ACCS
LOC1 program. It is responsible for program management, system engineering,
hardware procurement, subcontracts management, integration and test, quality
and logistics support. Major subcontractors to the prime ACSI include
Raytheon, Thomson-CSF, Alenia Marconi Systems, British Aerospace, and Dornier.
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202.314.3780
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