Raytheon Wins Army Airborne C2 System Contract

By Dan Dupont / August 22, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Raytheon has won a $110 million contract for the Army Airborne Command and Control System, the Defense Department announced today. A2C2S is an "on-the-move" C2 system described as a "tactical command post." It is designed to enable commanders and their staffs "to maintain digital connectivity while operating from a temporary remote site or moving through the battlespace at speeds up to 300 kilometers per hour," the announcement states. Raytheon's Huntsville, AL-based Command, Control, Communications and Information Systems Division beat out...

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