Radio Contracts

The Army has awarded four companies contracts totaling nearly $1 billion to produce the Soldier Radio Waveform Appliqué radio.

Exelis Inc., General Dynamics C4 Systems Inc., Harris Corp., and Thales Defense & Security Inc., were awarded a $988 million firm-fixed-price contract for SRW-A radio systems for use by brigade combat teams, according to a Defense Department statement.

Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 8, 2024, the notice states.

The SRW-A is a vehicle-mounted radio that acts as channels for voice and data between dismounted soldiers, their units and headquarters. The radio can be installed into the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Combat Net Radio vehicular mount and is an addition to the SINGARS legacy waveform, which is considered weaker than SRW.

Inside the Army reported last year that the service had awarded two smaller contracts for the SRW-A -- a $7.6 million contract to GDC4 Systems in May 2013 for 287 Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) SRW-A systems, and a $4.3 million contract to Harris, in July 2013 for 119 Secret SRW-A systems.

ITA is working to learn more details on the contracts.