L-3 to supply Navy with Hawklink radios

L-3 has been awarded a $22.7 million Navy contract option to deliver radios for MH-60R helicopters.

The option, on a previous firm-fixed-price contract, calls for delivery of the Common Data Link Hawklink system, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement. The order calls for 29 AN/ARQ-59 radio terminal sets (RTS), 11 retrofit AN/ARQ-59 RTS, and 12 weapon replaceable assembly kits.

The work is expected to be completed by November 2016.

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