Under the terms of this omnibus contract, the Army will be able to order varying numbers of SINCGARS radio systems and spares over the next seven years to support U.S. and allied forces worldwide.
The contract also permits ITT to upgrade earlier model SINCGARS with current technology. The initial order placed on this contract is valued at $49.5M.
ITT developed SINCGARS with the U.S. Army, and has produced four generations of the system with more than 250,000 units operating globally from Korea to Iraq.
Each new generation of SINCGARS incorporates technology that has helped evolve it into a cutting edge digital communication system than can include routers for network operations. Next generation SINCGARS will include embedded GPS along with combat identification.
In 2004, the Army ordered $311M in SINCGARS and SINCGARS support equipment for their and allied nations needs for a reliable combat network radio. Today, SINCGARS serves as the mainstay radio for units like the Army's 82nd Airborne Division.
"We are pleased to continue our long and successful relationship with the Army in developing communication systems such as SINCGARS," said Lou Dollive president and general manager of ITT Industries Aerospace/Communication Division.
"We are committed to maintaining that relationship in the future through development of an entirely new generation of solider communications."