FULLERTON, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS)
Company, LLC has been awarded a $5.9 million contract modification to provide
additional sites for the Battle Control System (BCS) -- Fixed, Spiral 1 for
the United States Air Force. The BCS program provides the replacement system
for the current Regional Air Operations Center/Air Defense Sector delivered in
1984 by Hughes Command and Control Systems, Fullerton Calif., which is now
ThalesRaytheonSystems Company, LLC.
The initial BCS-Fixed (BCS-F), Spiral 1 contract, awarded in April 2003,
provides fixed site installations at the North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD) and Pacific Command. The system provides commanders with an
interoperable, open-architecture air defense command and control platform in
support of NORAD's homeland defense mission. The contract modification adds
three additional sites: the North East Air Defense Sector, Rome, N.Y.; the
Western Air Defense Sector located at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.; and the
Alaskan Regional Air Operations Center at Elmendorf, Alaska. Future options
are included for the spiral development of BCS, including its use in the
mobile Control and Reporting Centers, often referred to as BCS-Mobile. Total
funds for the contract have been obligated by the contracting activity,
Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. The work will be
accomplished in Fullerton, Calif., and will be completed by December 2004
ThalesRaytheonSystems is a transatlantic joint venture (JV) between
Raytheon Company and Thales Group. ThalesRaytheonSystems is a worldwide
supplier of air defense command and control centers (ADCC) and ground based
battlefield radars. Annual revenue is approximately 700 million dollars with
nearly 2000 people employed.
Contacts:
In the United States: In Europe:
Janet Kopec Isabelle Blackburn
972-952-2547 +33.1.69.75.5098
SOURCE ThalesRaytheonSystems
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http://www.raytheon.com
CONTACT:
United States, Janet Kopec, +1-972-952-2547,
or Europe, Isabelle Blackburn, +33.1.69.75.5098, both of
ThalesRaytheonSystems
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