BAE Gets $60.5M to Supply ALR-56 Radar Detectors and Spares for C-130J (Updated)
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BAE Systems Information and Electronics in Totowa, NJ received a task order (#0365) and option on a previously awarded contract worth $60.5 million to supply 62 ALR-56M radar warning receivers and 27 spares for the C-130J. The Defense Supply Center Warner Robins, Robins AFB in GA manages the contract (F09603-03-D-0001).
BAE Systems’ ALR-56M [PDF] radar warning receiver detects a broad range of incoming radar signals and identifies and characterizes their origin as friend or foe, alerting the pilot when it detects threats to the aircraft.
DID has more on BAE Systems’ ALR-56M contract, task order and option…
The task order, received June 10/09, was for 62 ALR-56M radar warning receivers and had a value of $46.5 million, a BAE spokesman explained. The option, exercised on July 15/09, was for 27 ALR-56M spares and had a value of $14 million.
On Nov. 8/07, BAE received a $28.1 million task order (#0268) under the same contract to provide 28 AN/ALR-56M systems for new-production C-130Js.
A BAE spokesman explained that the difference in per unit price for the two task orders was the result of a larger quantity of ALR-56M systems order in 2009 and internal efficiencies implemented by the company to bring the unit price down. He added that because the spares were not complete systems, their price could not be compared to the price for the full systems.
Over 1,300 ALR-56M radar detectors have been produced for use by the U.S. and international customers since the original production award in 1988. The ALR-56 is used on multiple aircraft, including the F-16, several models of the C-130 used in Italy, Canada, Norway, and the U.K., and the Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft.
Clarification notice: An earlier version of this article stated that BAE Systems received a $12 contract for 62 ALR-56M systems, based on information supplied by a BAE spokesman. However, a subsequent inquiry concerning the price differential between ALR-56M contracts resulted in revised information supplied by BAE and this updated story.
