BAE Systems has accepted $111 million in contracts to deliver NATO-standard tactical radios for South Korea’s rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.
The solution will leverage the Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical Ultra-High Frequency Radio (SATURN) technology, which relays “fast-frequency hopping” communication between users.
It is designed with small, lightweight, and upgradeable architecture and features components that support anti-jamming in complex scenarios.
BAE wrote that the radios are expected to sustain timely and accurate information exchange on the battlefield, improving security and cooperability across the fleets.
Work for the contract will take place at the company’s center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
BAE will deliver the radios to Yongin-si-based LIG Nex1 for the final build, evaluations, and aircraft integration.
“In today’s complex and contested battlefields, superiority on the ground, in the air, and at sea is mission critical,” BAE Systems C4ISR General Manager and VP Dave Logan said.
“This tailored solution for the Republic of Korea will equip its forces with state-of-the-art, secure, and modern communications for a variety of tactical missions while allowing them to maintain interoperability with the US and coalition partners.”
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Simultaneous with the South Korean contract, BAE signed agreements for a project supporting the US Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft.
This separate effort ordered the company’s radar warning receivers to protect against signal threats on the air and the ground.
In May, BAE also signed an initiative to produce radio frequency jammers for the US Navy, as well as a radio frequency upgrade program under DARPA.
