Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Hardware Considered The Hornet's "Nerve Center"
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a
$30.6 million contract for the production of 118 Type-3 advanced
mission computers (AMC) for the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft.
The advanced mission computer is the nerve center of the Super
Hornet, providing situational awareness and combat systems control
to the flight crew.
A ruggedized, high-performance/high-reliability mission and
display-processing system, the AMC relies on a Commercial
Off-the-Shelf (COTS), open systems architecture. It performs
general purpose, input/output, video, voice and graphics processing
and is designed to operate reliably in the extreme environmental
conditions of today's high-performance fighter aircraft. The AMC is
able to process the high-speed data flows from the latest in sensor
technology.
"General Dynamics is committed to continuing its legacy of
providing advanced warfighting capability to the F/A-18 program,"
said Lou Von Thaer, president of General Dynamics Advanced
Information Systems. "Our open architecture approach allows for
technology refreshes and new generations to avoid obsolescence and
provide improved performance for the Navy."
General Dynamics has been delivering AMCs for the F/A-18 since
2002. Since then, the nature of the work on this program has
expanded from production for newly produced aircraft to include
supplying Navy efforts to retrofit operational aircraft. This
contract will primarily be performed at the General Dynamics
facility in Bloomington, MN, and will be completed by the end of
2011.
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