L3Harris, Collins Aerospace receive $900 million awards for MIDS radios

The Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies and Collins Aerospace separate contracts, each worth up to $940 million, to produce and sustain Multifunctional Information Distribution System radios, according to a Pentagon contract announcement.

The L3Harris award combines Navy and Air Force purchases of the “Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) weapon data link small-form-factor weapons attritable radio multimode family 2 radio,” the notice states.

The Collins Aerospace order covers the same equipment but is exclusively for the Air Force. The ordering period for both contracts runs through September 2030.

In June, L3Harris received another award worth nearly $1 billion for production, retrofits, development and sustainment of MIDS joint tactical radio system terminals. In 2022, the company acquired contractor Viasat’s Link 16 tactical data links business for almost $2 billion.