Navy issues stop-work order for MQ-8C maritime search radar contract

By Lee Hudson / June 17, 2016 at 4:47 PM
The Navy issued a stop-work order June 7 for the maritime search radar that will be integrated on the MQ-8C Fire Scout after Telephonics Corp. filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office. On May 26, the Navy awarded a $20 million contract to Selex ES Ltd., a subsidiary of Finmeccanica, for the maritime search radar, which will provide a 240-degree instantaneous field of view and a range of digital modes including weather detection, air-to-air targeting and a ground...

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