Five-Year $68.5 Million Follow-on Contract

BAE Systems is to continue to provide lifecycle sustainment, integration, and engineering services to support USN aircraft carriers under a five-year, $68.5 million (€59 million) contract, the company announced on 4 October.

The company will leverage decades of programme history to develop, produce, equip, test, evaluate, sustain, and update the AN/SPN-46(V) Automatic Carrier Landing System. “With this win, BAE Systems retains a key air traffic control contract, that we have held since 1973, to provide industry-leading systems integration capabilities and solutions that ensure the safety of critical carrier-based landing systems,” explained Lisa Hand, VP/GM of the company’s Integrated Defense Solutions business.