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Boeing wins $13.4M contract for destroyer data system

By Michael Peck

Mar 25, 2016

Cmdr. Camille Flaherty, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), observes operations in the combat information center. Arleigh Burke is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)

Boeing has been awarded a $13.4 million contract option for work on a data system for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

The option is for a previously awarded contract to support the AN/USQ-82(V) Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex Systems (GEDMS), which is a network used on the destroyers.

"The GEDMS network transfers inputs and/or outputs for the machinery control systems, damage control system, steering control system, AEGIS combat system, navigation displays, and interior communications alarms and indicators," according to the Department of Defense contract announcement. "It was designed to replace the mile of point-to-point cabling, signal converters, junction boxes, and switchboards associated with conventional ship's cabling."

The contract combines purchases for the Navy, which accounts for 91 percent of the contract, and for Australia, Korea and Japan, which account for 3 percent each.

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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