The contract will provide testing, troubleshooting, diagnostic, and repair capabilities for the AN/APX-122A Identification Friend or Foe interrogator system. The new capability is intended to enhance mission readiness while reducing lifecycle costs and turnaround times.
“This onsite maintenance center will enable the Navy to enhance mission readiness and platform availability, while reducing lifecycle costs and turnaround time,” said Damon Brady, Director of Tactical Systems at BAE Systems. “It will establish a new operational capability to get critical command and control technologies to U.S. joint forces and allies faster.”
The interrogator system improves identification and supports faster decision-making to distinguish allied forces from potential threats in contested environments. The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye performs missions including command and control, border security, search and rescue, and missile defence.
BAE Systems will develop a depot test station at its facilities to carry out diagnostics and repairs on key modules of the system before providing sustainment support at the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest. The Hawkeye interrogator system is manufactured at the company’s facilities in Greenlawn, New York, and Manassas, Virginia.
With more than 80 years of experience in Identification Friend or Foe technologies, BAE Systems has delivered thousands of systems across air, land, sea, and unmanned platforms. These products support U.S. and coalition forces in air defence, weapons systems, air traffic control, and range instrumentation.
