PROCUREMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 14 TACTICAL COMMON DATA LINK FULL RATE PRODUCTION VII IN SUPPORT OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ARMY AND MARINES.

This $282,149,430.56 contract funds Full Rate Production VII of the Fiscal Year 2014 Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) systems, supporting Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the U.S. Army and Marines. TCDL enables real-time transmission of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) data, video, and command/control information between UAS, manned aircraft, ships, and ground stations, with high-speed links (up to 1096 Mb/s downlink) for interoperability across platforms.