Leonardo wins Army vehicle computer contract

Leonardo DRS has been awarded an additional $58 million Army contract for computers for tactical vehicles.

This order for Leonardo’s Mounted Family of Computer Systems products raises the value of the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to $110 million, according to a company news release.

Under the contract, Leonardo will provide the Army with dismountable tablets, processor units, docking stations, interconnecting cables, and three sizes of ruggedized sunlight-readable touch-screen display units.

“Our MFoCS systems can support current and future proposed software applications, while also providing critical trusted-computing security features,” said company vice president Jerry Hathaway.

“We have been able to significantly increase the computing power, storage and mission flexibility of the platform computer, while simultaneously improving performance in all areas of size, weight, power and cost.”

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