The award is L3Harris’ second in support of the NGC2 program, following an initial $24 million order in October. The manpack systems will form part of the program’s transport layer, which moves information across sensors, shooters and command-and-control systems through networks, communication pathways and data-delivery technologies.
“Our Falcon Advanced Data Node gateways are battle-tested, fielded around the world and, with their software-defined architectures, ready for the constantly evolving challenges and threats facing soldiers,” said Chris Aebli, President, Mission Critical Communications, Communications & Spectrum Dominance, L3Harris. “We continue to invest and innovate both our system capabilities and production capacities to meet our global customers’ needs with a commercial business model that perfectly aligns with the U.S. Department of War’s commercial-first acquisition approach.”
L3Harris said the systems support the multi-transport gateway capabilities needed for NGC2. These include air-to-ground networking, routing, MANETs, In Line Encryption and Sensitive But Unclassified – Encrypted waveforms.
The company said the Falcon systems are built around software-defined architectures that allow them to adapt to changing operational needs. It said the radios are intended to help soldiers maintain reliable communications as battlefield threats and network demands continue to evolve.
