Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) Division is part of the Trabus Technologies team that has received a $7.42 million contract to support Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Pacific Code 551, the company announced on 28 March.
As per the contract, the team will provide technical, engineering and programmatic services for airborne communication and networking systems, and associated certification and information assurance for planned upgrades, current operations and new developments.
The contract has two one-year options, which will increase the contract value to $12.59 million. It will run through to March 2019.
Timothy Harmon, vice president, military services business unit, Kratos, said: ‘Kratos has a highly knowledgeable staff with extensive experience supporting engineering, design and analysis of satellite communications (SATCOM) systems. Kratos has a proven track record of providing advanced SATCOM solutions to the US Navy.’
The airborne three-domain, the two ground-based and the ¼ ATR OpenVPX-based cross-domain systems were engineered to provide real-time security across multi-domain operations.
DARPA’s Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) programme was set up to develop an autonomous tactical network and enable critical data flow in contested environments.
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The Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) and Drone Restricted Access Using Known Electromagnetic Warfare (DRAKE) counter-UAS (CUAS) systems are mounted and dismounted RF jammers.
Adarga’s Vantage information analysis tool is in service with the UK MoD and individual UK forces. It builds on the company’s Knowledge Platform which processes, organises and analyses open source material, as well as information held by the user’s military, security and intelligence services.
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