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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

BAE Systems to Provide Air Force, Marines with Radar Warning Receivers

BAE Systems has received a $37 million production contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide 41 AN/ALR-56M radar warning receiver systems. The systems will be used aboard new C-130J aircraft for the Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps.

"This is a good news story for our military," said Larry Deese, Air Force program manager for the ALR-56M. "The spirit of cooperation and coordination among the Marines, Air Force, and BAE Systems was terrific. By combining requirements, we were able to take advantage of major cost savings, and provide the best defense for our warfighters."

The AN/ALR-56M detects a broad range of incoming radar signals and identifies and characterizes their origin as friend or foe. It alerts the pilot when it detects threats to the aircraft.

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