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Ultra Electronics wins Navy C3 contract

By Michael Peck

Aug 8, 2017

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Robert Dowdle, from Norfolk, stands watch in the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60). Normandy is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations as part of Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. DiNiro/ Released)

Ultra Electronics Advanced Tactical Systems has been awarded a $12.5 million Navy contract to develop C3 systems.

Under the sole-source contract with Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific), Ultra Electronics will “develop and maintain the Adjunct Processor (AP) Multi-Link Interface Unit (MLIU) of the Command and Control Processor Common Data Link Management System,” according to the Department of Defense announcement. “Ultra Electronics is the sole designer and developer of the software and technology used in the AP MLIU in conjunction with the legacy Command and Control Processor (C2P) family of systems.”

The contract is scheduled to be completed by August 2021.

About Michael Peck

Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him on X at @Mipeck1. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.

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