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Cubic Unveils Navy Communications Data Link System
PASADENA, Calif., Feb 05, 2004 (ASCRIBE NEWS via COMTEX) -- Cubic Defense
Applications, the defense segment of Cubic Corporation, showcased its
next-generation Navy Communications Data Link System at this week's Western
Conference and Exposition in San Diego.
Cubic said the Navy CDLS is a high-speed data link that delivers time-critical
imagery and intelligence data to surface ships.
"The system will revolutionize data link communications for U.S. and coalition
forces, and ensure quick, accurate and secure distribution of intelligence data
to the fleet," said Gerald Dinkel, president and CEO of Cubic Defense
Applications.
"This will improve their ability to detect and track the movements of hostile --
or potentially hostile -- forces behind enemy lines,"
Cubic is developing the CDLS under a $31.8 million contract from the U.S.
Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Cubic said the five-year
contract contains options which, if exercised, could bring the cumulative
contract award to $92.7 million. Cubic's primary subcontractors include ViaSat
and AMSEC, a business partnership between SAIC and Northrop Grumman Newport News
Shipbuilding.
Cubic said the CDLS is a "dual system" package that includes two antennas and
two data link electronics for each ship, allowing naval commanders to track
aircraft from any location aboard vessel. It also provides 15 different
waveforms that can be transmitted at top speed to nearly all variants of
military aircraft.
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