L-3 wins Army contract for manned, unmanned helicopter data link

French soldiers board a US CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a French-US “Royal Blackhawk” military exercise with French, US, Dutch, British and Belgian troops, on May 20, 2015, in Baume-Les-Dames, eastern France. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON (Photo credit should read SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)

L-3 has been awarded an $11.4 million Army contract option for helicopter data links.

The contract modification calls for the company to provide eight AN/SRQ-4 Common Data Link Hawklink systems for MH-60R and MQ-8 Fire Scout manned and unmanned helicopters, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The work is scheduled to be completed by March 2019. The contract was awarded by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego.