Latest Army Battle Command System Stories

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FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received an $81 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop and produce a new version of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS). It will provide general and fires command and control capabilities to ground forces, from mission planning to execution. The contract extends over a 24-month period, with an $18 million, 12-month option. AFATDS is designed to integrate and use...

PHOENIX, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- nFocus Software has been awarded a $4.4 million contract from the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC) to serve as prime contractor for designing, building, integrating, operating and maintaining training environments based on hands-on experience with Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) workstations and Joint Command and Control (C2) systems. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100510/LA02155LOGO) The CAC, based at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., is home...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Active Army units have been testing a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) web-based system that combines the power of Google Earth, Command and Control web applications and existing tactical communications systems to deliver a common operating picture of the battlefield to any network user with a laptop. Command Web provides users with a web-based view of the mission command picture to both the commander in the tactical operating center as well as...

WALL, N.J., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army has selected Future Skies, Inc. as the prime contractor for the Product Director Common Software Task Order under the Battle Command Family of Products IDIQ contract. Future Skies and their subcontractor team will provide services across the full software lifecycle to enable the Common Software mission as the Army-wide product manager for the integration of the ABCS Foundation, with emphasis on the design and development of...

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MELBOURNE, Fla., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highband networking radios from Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) will form the communications backbone of the U.S. Army's new Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). As a member of Northrop Grumman's IBCS team, Harris will supply its radios to carry critical battle-command information, and will provide system and network engineering services over the five-year life of the program. IBCS will integrate the fire-control...

FORT MONMOUTH, N.J., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Network integration experts from the Army's Brigade Combat Team modernization effort, together with their allied counterparts from the United Kingdom, were able to prove significant network interoperability and combat data sharing concepts during the recently completed Multi National Experiment 3.0. As the Army continues development of its network as part of its Brigade Combat Team Modernization effort several experiments are being...

FORT MONMOUTH, N.J., May 26, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- A team led by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity award for the U.S. Army Battle Command Development contract. The Battle Command Development contract, managed by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command, is a five-year, multi-award vehicle worth up to $777.4 million. The award enables the Raytheon team to compete for task orders that will enhance and maintain the capabilities of the...