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General Dynamics AIS Awarded $19 Million for U.S. Navy F/A-18 Mission
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U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $19.3
million contract to produce Type-3 advanced mission computers (AMC)
for the F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G Super Hornet aircraft. General Dynamics
has delivered F/A-18 advanced mission computers since 2002. General
Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General
Dynamics. |
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation
Squadron (VX) 23
(picture: US Navy)
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The AMC is the nerve center of the Super Hornet,
providing situational awareness and combat systems control to the flight
crew. A ruggedized, high-performance, high-reliability mission and display-processing
system, the AMC can process high-speed data flows from the latest sensor
technologies. The system performs general purpose, input/output, video,
voice and graphics processing, and it is designed to operate in the
extreme environmental conditions of today’s high-performance fighter
aircraft.
“Last year we hit a major milestone with the delivery of the 1,500th
advanced mission computer to the U.S. Navy in support of the Super Hornet
program,” said Lou Von Thaer, president of General Dynamics Advanced
Information Systems. “Our long-standing commitment to outfitting
this world-class aircraft with our open architecture has provided the
Navy with the ability to cost-effectively address obsolescence, increase
flexibility and strengthen performance capabilities.”
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An EA-18G Growler from the "Shadowhawks" of Electronic Attack
Squadron (VAQ) 141 is stopped by an arresting gear wire after landing
aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73)
(picture: US Navy)
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General
Dynamics uses commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products and an open architecture
to allow for rapid technology insertions to enhance capability and keep
lifecycle costs down. This contract will be performed primarily at the
General Dynamics facility in Bloomington, Minn., where it is supported
by more than 125 employees. This work under this contract will be completed
by the end of 2014.
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