$20M to BAE Systems for CPX Friend or Foe ID System
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BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems in Greenlawn, NY received a $20 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-08-C-0061) for the production and delivery of Mode 5 common transponder system (CPX) identification friend or foe (IFF) hardware and associated platform integration and testing. IFF systems enable forces to recognize friendly aircraft and surface vessels to avoid inadvertent firing on friendly forces. The technology, in use since World War II, has two main components: interrogators, which ask the questions, and transponders, which provide the responses. The Mode 5 IFF system was developed by NATO as an enhancement to older, less capable IFF systems. BAE Systems will perform the work in Greenlawn, NY and expects to complete it in December 2011. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD manages the contract.
DID has a detailed breakdown of the IFF procurement numbers…
This contract modification consist of repairs to 3 RT-1912 transponders for the Navy and procurement of the following items:
- 46 RT-1836-C AN/APX-118 common digital transponders for the Navy (44) and Army (2);
- 381 RT-1912 AN/APX-123 transponders for the Navy (168), Coast Guard (10) and Army (203);
- 2 C-12664 mode 4 remote control units for the Army;
- 177 C-12720 Mode 5 remote control units for the Navy (35), Coast Guard (10) and Army (132);
- 79 MT-7221 APX mounts for the Navy;
- 25 receiver/transmitters, 58 single board computers, 15 signal processors, and 7 RT-1835/RT-1836 chassis Mode 4 for the Army;
- 400 APX-118 to APX-123 Mode 5 modification kits for the Navy (90) and Army (310);
- 90 integration technical and engineering services of Mode 5 kits; and
- associated platform technical/engineering services for the Navy.
